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Night procession at a temple festival. A tall, illuminated ratha or chariot shrine with a pyramidal tiered tower, lit in yellow lights and decorated with deity figures, stands behind the procession. In the foreground, two large silver-and-red parasols and a green-fringed parasol are carried upward. A smiling man in a white shirt and red shawl raises a silver umbrella pole. A shaved-headed monk in saffron robes and rudraksha beads walks at right, holding a green parasol, while a woman in a dark blouse wears a yellow flower garland. Several other saffron-robed attendants and devotees walk beside the chariot.

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