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Night procession on a gold-painted wooden ratha cart drawn by a tractor, with a large painted deity murti of a red-faced figure wearing a gold crown and holding a sword and shield. Behind the figure, a bare-chested man in orange cloth stands on the cart, and a man in orange holds torches at the left. Crowds in orange and white ritual clothing gather at the edge, and strings of colourful lights hang in the background. Several people are visible in the cart area and crowd.

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