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A nighttime procession in a temple corridor with stone pillars and a crowd of men in white shirts. In the centre, a bearded man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl stands beside a man in brown robes with a white forehead band and a gold crown, draped in long white and red flower garlands. To the right, a bearded man with long hair wears an orange shawl, a multi-strand rudraksha mala and beaded necklaces, with his hands pressed together in reverence. A man in orange with a brass bell necklace is at the far right edge. Above, a person holds a tray aloft, and a sacred vessel is raised at the upper left.

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