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A night procession on a dark road with a large Devi murti in Mahishasura Mardini form, eight-armed with a crown, carried on a golden ratha-style cart. A seated figure in saffron robes and a flower garland sits beside the murti under a red umbrella, with a man in white dhoti and a shawl beside him. A man in white with a trident-shaped staff holding a smoking incense burner walks at left, and a bald man in orange holds a yellow umbrella over the cart. Women in purple and maroon saris and a man in orange walk alongside at right. The cart carries a golden lion-shaped base and a mustard yellow umbrella on the lower left.

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