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A night-time temple-style stage scene with white draped cloth and a carved arch framed in marigold and rose garlands. On the left a man in a red-orange turban and red-orange cloth, wearing a red-orange garland, stands facing the centre. Behind him, a line of metal deity murtis on a wheeled wooden cart or platform, including a standing figure with a trident and a figure in ornate jewellery. A woman in a dark maroon sari with a mala holds a small lamp or offering among the murtis, and another woman in red stands beside her. To the right, men in white dhotis and white kurtas, one with a white shawl, stand watching. Plants sit in the foreground. A large stone pillar or kalasha-like column stands behind the murtis. Oil lamps and a ritual procession setting are visible.

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