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Night procession at a temple-street festival. A large illuminated Ganesha murti with a golden crown, four arms and a red-and-orange body rides a lion-decorated float, adorned with marigold garlands. A young attendant in a yellow-orange dhoti stands at left beside the murti and another attendant in white stands behind. Seated at the lower right of the float is a smiling man in a rust-orange robe with a long marigold garland, appearing to ride with the procession. Dense crowd silhouettes fill the foreground, with a dark tree and temple wall behind.

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