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A decorated ceremonial palanquin or ratha at night, framed by a golden-embossed canopy and fringed umbrella overhead. Inside a shrine-like golden niche, a small deity murti is adorned with red and white flower garlands and green-and-red silk cloth. Multicoloured tassels in red, pink, white, blue, yellow and green hang from the pole on the right, and flower strands in white, yellow and pink decorate the base. No people are visible in the frame.

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