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Night procession on a rural road beside a red-washed wall. A shirtless man in a white dhoti and gold bracelet holds a brass aarti lamp with a flame in one hand and a bell in the other, facing a decorated cart. The cart has an embroidered, flower-garlanded canopy with orange and red fabric, and a tall orange pennant with a motif on a pole. Behind, a man in a white shirt holds another pennant, a cameraman in grey films, and onlookers stand by a red tractor. A rudraksha-beaded figure at left stands by the cart.

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