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Night procession on a street lined with shops and canopies. In the centre, a man in a saffron-orange shawl and maroon-red dhoti wears a red headband, sandalwood and vibhuti forehead marks, a dense garland of white jasmine and red roses, and a thick gold chain of large beads, hands clasped at his waist. To his left, a bald man in orange garments and a rudraksha mala looks down, and to his right a long-haired, bearded man in orange robes with a dark rudraksha mala and gold beaded necklace stands with hands folded. Behind them, men in white shirts and dhotis walk, one raising a ceremonial red-and-gold umbrella, and a lit golden palanquin glows above the crowd. Several shop signs are visible overhead.

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