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Night photograph of a religious procession on a grassy path lined with dense green shrubs. In the centre, a tall decorated ratha or palanquin-like figure draped in white cloth with yellow and orange marigold garlands is lifted and steadied by several men. Most of them are shirtless or in orange and white dhotis, some bending low to carry or push the structure. A bare-chested man in orange cloth with a red sash and a shaved-head priest in white robes stand nearby. On the right, a man in orange holds a decorated brass pot or offering aloft on his head, while others carry umbrella-like canopies and lamps. A tall pole with a light stands at the left edge.

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