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Night procession at an ashram street lit by string lights along a red-painted wall. A lit temple tower with a red and gold superstructure glows in the background. Crowds of devotees in white dhotis and shirts, women in saris and salwar, press around a palanquin or cart carrying a deity murti. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a sacred thread and a tilak on his forehead holds a long staff near the front. Gold trident and ceremonial metal fixtures stand among the crowd, and a large gold ornament is visible at the right edge. A man in a light blue shirt operates a camera from a red vehicle. Many people are visible, roughly thirty or more.

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