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Photograph of a night-time street procession at a temple-town crowd. A white vehicle with an open door stands at the centre. Two bare-chested men in saffron and orange cloth wear gold chains and rudraksha beads; the man on the right has a shaved head with white tilak. An elderly bearded man in orange cloth with rudraksha mala stands at the left, and a shaved-headed man in orange cloth with a gold ornament faces away from the camera near the door. Men in white shirts and dark-clothed devotees surround them, with a crowd and garland-strewn stalls behind.

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