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Evening outdoor festival scene at a rathotsavam-style procession platform decorated with colourful striped fabric banners, red and white flower garlands and a blue-robed deity murti behind. A long-haired figure in a saffron-orange robe, leopard-print shawl, layered gold necklaces and a white forehead marking sits smiling on an ornate gold-trimmed red throne. A shaven-headed man in an orange sleeveless robe leans in from the left, offering an ornate silver-and-gold ceremonial vessel. A drummer in a white shirt and red cloth stands at left beside a striped umbrella. Chains of marigolds and flowers decorate the platform base.

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