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A night procession on a gravel path lit by floodlights, with a brightly illuminated temple-chariot (ratha) decorated with lights and a golden spire in the background. At the centre, a man in saffron-orange robes wears a red-orange shawl and a long red floral garland, and a dark-toned rudraksha-style mala, walking beneath a large ornate parasol (chhatra). Beside him a man in saffron-orange dress with a rudraksha mala walks, and another man in white dhoti with a mala walks on the right. Around them, many devotees in orange and saffron sarees and dhotis, including young girls and boys in orange and yellow, walk in line and crowd the path, with a few onlookers in white at the edges. Several people hold lamps or follow closely behind the procession.

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