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A night procession on a raised walkway lined with a mat, flanked by a banana plant and dark trees. At the centre, a figure in a rust-brown ornate garment wears a crown-like headdress with a white umbrella-style canopy above, multiple gold necklaces and a long rudraksha-style garland. Around him, men in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls, with white headbands and orange garlands, play long brass horns raised overhead. A man in white shirt and white dhoti at left plays a nadaswaram-style wind instrument, a drummer with a large metal drum is at the edge, and a person in white stands at right. Several saffron-clad men carry brass plates or trays. Lamp-lit night setting.

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