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A night procession photographed in near darkness. In the lower left, two men with shaved heads and rudraksha malas stand close together, one with a bare upper body and the other in a white garment. A lit torch on a tall pole rises at left against dark foliage. Above the crowd, a figure is raised aloft by others, arms lifted with a hand raised in blessing, wearing a dark garment and a bright ornament. Many shadowed people fill the scene, and a small light flickers at the far right. No readable text appears in the image.

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