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Night procession photographed under warm yellow street lighting. A large gilded ratha or palanquin-style chariot, decorated with golden fringe, hanging tassels, marigold-type garlands and a blue-and-orange canopy, is carried forward along a road. Standing on the chariot, a figure in orange and gold clothing receives the crowd. Around it, devotees press close: a bearded older man in a red shirt and pink turban holds a wooden pole and raises a mobile phone, a man in a grey vest and white kurta walks beside the cart, and a woman in a pink patterned sari stands at right with hands joined in namaskar. A banner with a sign hangs at the right edge.

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