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Night photograph of a festival procession at an ornately decorated open-air palanquin or ratha. The canopy is draped with white and orange flower garlands, hanging tassels in red, magenta, purple and green, and bright stage lights. Seated on a raised throne-like seat, a man with a tall dark turban, wearing a saffron-orange garment and a yellow-and-orange flower garland, raises one hand in blessing. Beside him an attendant in dark clothing holds a long ceremonial staff with a decorated top, and a large ornate fan-like shield is visible on the right. A shadowy foreground of heads of onlookers faces the procession. a person is possibly the seated figure but the appearance is uncertain.

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