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Night procession photograph of a decorated ratha palanquin carrying a deity murti under a golden-brown canopy with gold fringe. The murti is dressed in red, green and gold garments and framed by a silver arch, while the wooden palanquin is draped with garlands of white, yellow, red and pink flowers. In the lower left foreground, a person with long dark hair and a saffron-orange garment stands with hands folded in a gesture of reverence facing the palanquin. The background is dark.

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