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Night procession outdoors under a covered pavilion strung with colourful paper lanterns and umbrellas. A bearded man in a rust-red robe with a long marigold and white flower garland holds a trident-topped staff, standing centre-front among devotees. Around him, young men and women in saffron and orange robes walk in procession, some holding umbrellas. Behind them, a large ornate ratha or palanquin with a golden bull figure and garlands is carried, and white-clad devotees with hands folded line the path, with smoke drifting in the air.

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