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Night procession at an ashram. A large illuminated chariot or palanquin, lit with warm yellow and orange lights and decorated with garlands, is carried forward through a crowd. Ahead of it stand two tall metal trishula tridents. The crowd is dense, mostly men in white dhotis and white shirts, some wearing lanyards and a few in orange or red caps. Brightly lit multi-storey buildings line the dark street, with strings of coloured lights in the distance. No individual figure can be identified as a person from appearance here.

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