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Night procession at a temple festival, with a lit wooden chariot or ratha in the centre background, its tiered structure decorated with string lights and glowing lamps. Several men in white dhotis, some with bare upper bodies and gold-bordered shawls, walk around the chariot and pull or guide it along a dirt road. A young man in the foreground wears a white dhoti with a gold border, a white forehead tilak, and a sleeveless white garment, looking back over his shoulder. A woman in an orange sari stands at the left edge, and another woman in orange appears at the right. Several other people, including a man with a shaved head in the lower left and figures in the foreground, are partially visible.

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