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A night photograph of a floral-decorated ceremonial float on dark water, lit with white fairy lights. The canopy is wrapped in marigold, yellow and purple garlands and draped with purple cloth. Seated on a red-cushioned throne at the front is a bearded man in a saffron-orange robe, a saffron turban and a long garland, with a small figure beside him. Next to him a murti or statue in yellow and orange garlands sits on a raised seat. Crowds sit on tiered steps lit by lamps along the shore, and a figure in orange stands in the water at the left edge of the float.

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