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Night street procession in a busy Indian town. A large illuminated chariot carrying a deity murti under a decorated canopy moves down the lane, with robed figures seated on its platform. In the foreground, a man with long matted hair and a flower garland on his head, wearing a red-brown cloth and gold chain, walks in the crowd. Beside him a figure in saffron-orange cloth carries a brass kalasha-like vessel. Men in white dhotis and orange shawls walk among devotees, with shops lit by coloured lights along the street. The scene shows a temple ratha procession with devotees walking alongside.

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