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Night procession of a decorated silver palanquin-style chariot with a canopy, draped with multicolored tassel garlands in red, orange, green, blue and yellow, and strings of gold leaves. A man seated in the center wears a saffron-red robe, rudraksha beads and a garland, and is shown with a white forehead mark. Around the chariot, people in yellow and orange clothing dance and throw colored powder into the air, lit by strings of colored lights and a bright lamp in the foreground. Onlookers in saris stand at the right edge. Several people are visible in the crowd.

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