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Photograph of a night procession inside a hall at an event in Salem. In the foreground a man in a white dhoti and white shawl stands beside an elaborately decorated peacock-shaped palanquin covered with white flower garlands and a fan of white, pink and maroon flowers. Behind him, several devotees in white clothes and dark-haired women stand close around the vehicle. To the right, smaller flower-garlanded deity murti sit on golden arched peetha platforms, one with a tall crown and rudraksha-style adornments. A staircase with iron railing and a white draped curtain forms the background, and a man in white holds a phone near the right edge.