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Night photograph of a floating flower-decorated barge on a dark water tank at an outdoor festival. A raised platform on the barge is covered in garlands of orange, yellow and purple flowers and a tiered flower-covered canopy, with a seated figure in saffron-coloured robes and a rudraksha-style necklace on a throne. A shaved-headed attendant in white and orange cloth stands waist-deep in the water beside it, guiding the barge. On the left, a second flower-draped structure with a seated figure is lit by floodlights, and a drone hovers near it. Tiered stands behind hold a seated crowd under strings of lights.

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