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A large nighttime outdoor gathering of devotees fills an open ground lit by floodlights. Strings of white and multicoloured paper decorations hang overhead. In the middle distance a small ornate golden-canopied stage or shrine structure stands with figures on it. Many people in white dhotis and kurtas, women in saris, a woman in a blue-trimmed sari carrying a child in a blue hood, and men in khaki uniforms move through the crowd. A white vehicle is visible at right. Watermarked archive photo, text omitted.

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