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Night procession scene at an outdoor festival. Two figures stand centrally in saffron-orange robes with white and red flower garlands, palms pressed together in namaste. The figure on the left is an older person with raised arms and a crown-like headdress, wearing a gold necklace. The figure on the right is bare-chested with a crown, a long dark ponytail and a saffron shawl. Behind them a crowd of devotees in white dhotis and orange cloths claps and watches, drummers play a dhol and a man plays a wind instrument. A gilded deity murti on an ornate palanquin is visible at the upper right, and a child in a green striped shirt stands at left.

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