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Night procession at a festival: a large flower-decorated ratha/chariot covered in red, white and green garlands and yellow marigold strings moves through a dense crowd of devotees. On the chariot, a man in a white dhoti with a saffron-trimmed cloth and rudraksha-style neck beads stands at the front, with another man in white and orange clothing and a raised hand beside him, and a seated figure under the canopy. Other white-clad priests walk near the carriage. Devotees in saris and kurtas, many with folded hands, press around it. Illuminated temple gopuram and string lights glow in the background.

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