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Night procession photographed from the street. A man seated on an ornate silver-and-white palanquin with a canopy and tall streamers of red, yellow, green, blue and pink tassels; he wears a rust-red garment, a multi-strand flower garland and a gold necklace, and holds a long rod. Canopy umbrellas and a wooden staff are carried beside the vehicle. Women in red and orange saris with pale headscarves walk close to the palanquin, and a dense crowd of onlookers lines the road under evening lights.

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