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Night photograph of a illuminated festival chariot (ratha) with a golden-yellow canopy supported by four tall pillars wrapped in green, red and white fairy lights. A large decorated deity murti stands on the platform, garlanded with flowers. In the foreground a man in an orange dhoti and dark top stands at the chariot's base. At the right edge, a figure in an orange robe and orange turban stands with hands folded, wearing a beaded necklace and rudraksha-style mala. Golden statues flank the scene, and a dark sky surrounds the procession.

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