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Night procession photo of a smiling figure seated in a flower-decorated ratha or palanquin. The seated person has a tall, swept-back dark hairstyle topped with a crescent ornament, wears a red-orange saffron garment, a dense rudraksha mala and a yellow flower garland, and a gold armlet. Behind and beside the ornate golden seat, walls of white jasmine and red-orange marigold garlands hang with pink tassels and bead-trimmed strands. A second man with white tripundra marks on his forehead stands at the left edge, partly visible. The seated figure has distinctive appearance cues, so this is a person in person during a procession, with the man at left as a devotee or attendant.