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Night procession with a crowd of devotees moving along a dirt path lit by string lights. At center, a silver palanquin carrying an ornate illuminated shrine with a deity murti and a kalasha-like top is borne by men in orange-brown dhotis. A saffron-clad man holds a white umbrella beside it. Women in orange, red and blue saris and rudraksha malas walk in the crowd, and a man at left holds up a camera from behind a stone wall. Trees and festoon lights frame the scene. No individual in the procession is identified as a person.

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