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Night procession with a large illuminated deity murti of Durga, ten-armed, holding weapons and riding a lion, adorned with yellow marigold garlands and a red and gold sari-like drapery, carried on a ratha-style float. Beside her stand smaller murtis including Ganesha with a trunk and gold crown, and other deities in ornate headdresses on decorated platforms. A black umbrella shades the lion-mounted deity. Behind the float, at the lower right, a man with a garland and a white-and-orange shawl stands near the float. Dense crowd of devotees with umbrellas and lights fills the foreground in darkness.

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