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Night photograph of two golden processional chariots (ratha) on a paved outdoor ground, each with an ornate canopy decorated with multicoloured flower garlands and tassels. Each chariot carries a golden animal figure (a bull and a lion-like mount) and a deity murti under the canopy. A person in a white dhoti with orange-gold border and white upper cloth, long hair hanging loose, pulls one chariot by its shaft while holding a small lamp. Behind, another figure in orange robes with a rudraksha mala stands near the light. A lone assistant in a light shirt steadies the other chariot.

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