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Night procession of a large crowd of devotees walking through a space lit by strings of red and white fairy lights. Two golden trishula (trident) staffs are carried in the foreground on the left. Many people wear white ritual clothing, with saffron-orange shawls and rudraksha or red beaded malas around their necks. Several women wear saffron shawls and small bindi or forehead markings, and a few men wear white shirts and dhotis. Faces are visible throughout the crowd, and a partially visible man in white with a mala stands at the centre-right, while a man in white with a saffron shawl and wooden mala walks in the left foreground. No figure in the image is identified as a person.

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