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Night procession on a paved road: a brightly lit, golden-yellow palanquin or ratha decorated with string lights and a small canopy moves forward, carried and escorted by people. Around it, a large crowd of devotees lines both sides of the road, many women in red, orange and yellow saris and men in white dhotis and white shirts, some with hands folded in reverence. Multi-storey orange-red buildings stand at the right under a dark sky. A man in white at the lower left holds a camera or phone up to film. The scene is lit mainly by the palanquin and street light.

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