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Night photograph of a dense crowd of devotees gathered outdoors under street lamps at what appears to be a festival procession. Foreground: a man in a white cloth with a white head wrap and blue lanyard holds his hands in anjali; beside him a man in a white t-shirt printed with an image and Indian flag colours wears a rudraksha-style mala and a blue lanyard. A young child in a pink top is held up above the crowd. Women wear yellow and orange headscarves and saris; older men wear white kurtas. Behind them a decorated palanquin or ratha is visible, with a red flag and red banners at right.

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