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Night photograph of a procession at a temple entrance lit by bright lamps and overhead lights, with stalls of religious goods and banners behind. A man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl with a long wooden staff stands at left, wearing a flower garland and a beaded headband. In the centre, a bald man bare-chested with a gold pendant and rudraksha malas wears an orange cloth draped over his shoulder, flanked by devotees in white dhotis with gold borders and beaded necklaces. A man at right holds a round yellow-and-blue ceremonial shield with a bird emblem. Several other people in white and saffron clothing follow.

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