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Night photograph of a boat on a water tank with a fountain and string lights behind. A deity murti decorated with layered garlands in yellow, green, red and white sits on a gold pedestal under a multicolour canopy. A man in an orange robe and tall ornate gold crown sits on the left of the boat, holding a small ritual object near a tray, facing the murti. A younger man in white clothes sits beside the murti on the right, and a man in white kneels at the boat's edge at lower right. A child in white stands at lower left, and more people in white are seen on the steps. The scene appears to be a water ritual, possibly a boat procession with a murti. Visible cues are insufficient to confirm the orange-robed man's identity, so he is described by role only.

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