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Night photograph of a temple procession at Adikailaasa, Bengaluru. A decorated palanquin or ratha with gold trim, red draping and an illuminated deity murti is carried past a crowd of devotees in white clothes. Several devotees stand with palms pressed in anjali or hands raised in worship, and brass pots, plates and a kalasha are set out on a small red platform in the foreground. A woman in a white sari with a yellow border stands at left. A bright floodlight and a lamp pole light the scene. Orange-robed figures stand in the background.

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