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Night procession scene with smoke drifting through the frame. A bare-chested priest with a grey-streaked beard and a rudraksha-style white bead garland raises a silver lamp with a bright flame toward the sky with both hands. Behind him stands a gold-framed palanquin or ratha canopy draped in red fabric and fringed with multicoloured tassels, sheltering a silver deity murti adorned with yellow and white marigold garlands and a long beaded necklace. A red-cloth-wrapped offering basket sits at left edge.

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