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Night procession on a paved street lit by strings of multicoloured fairy lights and round lanterns. At centre, a palanquin or ratha with a gilded deity murti and illuminated golden frame is carried forward. Men and women in white dhotis, saris and shawls walk around it; a man in white with a red shawl raises an arm at left, and a woman in an orange-and-maroon sari holds a folded paper at right. Several people wear red and white shawls. Lit buildings and a bus marked Sri Lalitha Gen Sets stand behind the crowd. Crowd of about 21-100 visible.

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