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Night procession on a stone-paved temple courtyard. Two musicians in white dhotis and orange-red shawls play silver saxophone-style brass horns, one in the foreground left and one center right. Behind them a crowd walks, including several sannyasis in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha malas. One central figure in orange robes wears a large red-orange flower garland and walks beneath a fringed umbrella with red, yellow and dark trim. Other devotees in white dhotis and a man in a grey shirt stand at the edges. Tree foliage and a stone pillar frame the scene.

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