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Night procession at a KAILASA event with a large deity murti of Devi on a tall cart or float, draped in orange and red cloth with garlands and white flower decorations, a tiger or lion mount visible at its base. Several men in orange and saffron clothing stand on and around the float; one bare-chested man in orange holds the figure. In the right foreground, a bearded man with long hair and a flower garland sits on a decorated seat with a shawl-like orange cloth, a brass oil lamp nearby, while other men in white dhoti sit behind him. Devotees in white clothing with bare upper bodies walk along the crowd in the foreground, and a bald man in white with glasses stands at the left edge. Dark sky and trees form the background. a person is not clearly identifiable here.

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Night procession with a large deity murti of Devi on a lion-mount, garlanded with yellow and orange flower garlands and draped in orange cloth, being carried forward. A man in orange dhoti stands on the vehicle near the murti. Beside it, a bearded man sits on a red-cushioned gold-trimmed palanquin wearing a flower garland and an orange shawl, with a rudraksha mala and gold chain visible; he is seated in the procession with attendants in white and orange around him. An orange umbrella is held over the seat. Several bare-chested men in orange and red dhotis and white-clad devotees walk in the foreground, some with wet hair, and a woman in pink sits at right. 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