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Night procession at an ashram with a large decorated Ganesha murti on a raised ratha or float at the centre, its trunk and crown visible above a blue canopy. Many devotees in saffron-orange dhotis and orange head cloths and white shoulder cloths walk along a dark road lined with a red boundary wall and string lights overhead. Several bare-chested young men in front wear rudraksha malas, and drummers in white are at the right edge. Bright floodlight glows at the upper right.

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