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Night procession with many devotees in white and saffron-orange clothing carrying orange flags on poles. At centre, a devotee holds a tall dark banner with a printed image and Devanagari lettering. Behind, a decorated palanquin with flower garlands and a gold-fringed canopy is carried through the crowd, with string lights and a dark sky above. Several people wear orange shawls and ash marks; a bare-chested man in orange dhoti stands among them. Right side shows a tall striped banner with lotus-like motifs. a person's presence is not visibly identifiable from the figures in view.

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