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Night procession in an illuminated ashram compound. Many people in white and colourful clothing walk among large ornate umbrellas in pink, yellow and blue with sequined borders. A red flag bearing a printed portrait is carried by a man in white. A decorated float or chariot with lights and peacock-feather decorations moves in the background, with a lit temple tower beyond. Long white tents line the right side and multicoloured string lights decorate a building on the left. A man in the foreground wears a grey shirt and faces away from the camera.

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