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Night procession at a temple courtyard with a stone gopuram carved with figures on the left and a small dark deity shrine lamp at its base. A central man in a brown robe with a flower garland and white tripundra marks walks barefoot, with a man in an orange robe and orange dhoti beside him. Behind them, devotees in orange and maroon robes and rudraksha malas follow, with a woman in a cream sari and a woman in a green sari among them. A man in a white shirt walks at the centre and a girl in a white shirt walks at the right edge. The ground is paved stone and a tree stands at the upper right. a person cannot be confirmed from appearance alone, so the central garlanded figure is described only by role as a devotee leading the procession.

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