Night photograph of an illuminated decorated float or ratha-style structure lit with white, green and red bulbs, with strings of coloured lights stretching to either side. Two men in saffron-orange robes sit in the open front arch of the float; the figure on the right wears an orange turban and both wear garlands. Several onlookers stand at the edges of the frame in the dark. - Nithyanandapedia

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Night photograph of an illuminated decorated float or ratha-style structure lit with white, green and red bulbs, with strings of coloured lights stretching to either side. Two men in saffron-orange robes sit in the open front arch of the float; the figure on the right wears an orange turban and both wear garlands. Several onlookers stand at the edges of the frame in the dark.

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