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Night procession at a Shiva festival. A brightly lit, tiered golden ratha-style chariot with strings of fairy lights and red and green lamps stands at the centre, decorated with carved figures and a small bull statue. Crowds of devotees walk and pray in front of it: women in white, cream and teal saris, a girl in a white dress with a beaded necklace, a boy in white, and a man in a white shirt. Some hold up hands in namaskar or carry lamps. Decorative lights line a path on the right and a lit arch sits in the background. Six to twenty visible people.

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