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Night procession on a stone-paved ground at an ashram, with people carrying colourful ceremonial umbrellas and a decorated banner. In front, a man in a white dhoti and white shirt holds a red-and-green umbrella tipped with a gold finial beside a second umbrella in yellow and green. Behind him, women wear red and maroon saris and walk beside men in white dhotis. A bare-chested young man in an orange dhoti carries a decorated ceremonial item and a green leaf bundle. A tall yellow-and-orange banner with a red emblem and a bird motif is raised among the umbrellas. Corrugated maroon walls with a 'LADIES TOILET' sign line the route, and strings of lights glow in the background.

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