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Night procession on a dirt path with a crowd of devotees pressed behind a metal gate. In the centre, a man in white dhoti and shirt wears a saffron-orange shawl over one shoulder and a cord necklace, walking barefoot. Nearby, a man in white with an orange wrap holds a flat tray of offerings, and a woman in a white sari with an orange border carries a brass plate with flower garlands. Several devotees press palms together in namaskar, and a man in front wears white with a tilak. A wooden frame and a framed picture with flowers stand at the right edge. The procession appears to be part of a ratha or deity procession, though no deity is clearly visible.

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