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Night procession on a lit pontoon bridge over a river, with a row of white-and-red bollards and a bright street lamp at right. A group of saffron-robed sadhus and white-clad attendants walk in line. Several carry tall orange flags, ornate fringed parasols and decorated banners, and the procession moves toward a bridge with city lights reflected on the water. Several figures wear orange robes and bare upper bodies with white dhotis, and one man in orange at the front right turns his head. Light is warm and dim, from lamps and a sodium street lamp.

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