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Night procession at a temple-like site, lit by a few lamps and dark surroundings. In the foreground, a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with gold border wears a long orange-red rudraksha mala and carries an orange pouch-like object in one hand; white markings on his arms and forehead. Behind him, a man in a red-and-maroon robe wears a white flower garland and walks beside a woman in a silver-grey sari. A blue-and-orange canopy umbrella is held above them, with ornate fans beside. On the left, a man in an orange-red robe plays a long curved brass horn, and more saffron-robed attendants stand in the background. a person cues: the foreground figure has swept-back hair and an orange mala with ornate gold adornments, but identity is uncertain.

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