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Outdoor evening procession at dusk on a dirt ground under a roofed pandal hung with orange and red bunting. A decorated palanquin or ratha carrying a deity murti under a striped canopy, garlanded in flowers, moves forward. Standing devotees line both sides: men in white dhotis and shirts, women in saris including green and teal, and a few men in orange robes. A shaved-headed man in white dhoti stands barefoot near the front right, and a woman in an orange sari with long dark hair faces the procession. Some people hold bags and shawls. Palm trees silhouette against the dark sky. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable.

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