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Night procession at a Kumbh Mela-style gathering with a flower-garlanded ratha or palanquin carrying a seated figure in red and gold under a blue-and-orange canopy with tassels. Around it, saffron-robed men walk with ceremonial staffs and standards; one man in a saffron dhoti with an orange shawl and a rudraksha-style necklace stands at left, raising a staff. A bare-chested man in white dhoti with a red cloth at right holds a microphone-like object near the chariot. Crowds surround the procession, many holding orange flags, under warm streetlights. Bodies appear smeared with white ash or sacred clay.

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