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Night photograph of a festival procession. A man with a short beard and sandalwood tilak sits on an elaborate silver-and-gold palanquin decorated with red, yellow and white flower garlands and peacock feathers. He wears a rust-brown ochre robe and a pink-and-white garland, with red cushions beside him. Beneath a blue ceremonial umbrella, a man in a white turban and cloth sits at the front of the vehicle with orange garments. Women in orange and saree attire and young devotees in the crowd are in the foreground. Appearance suggests a person seated in the palanquin, judged by the rudraksha-style robe, long hair and ceremonial setting.

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