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Night photograph of a decorated procession chariot at a Kumbha Mela event. A central figure seated on an ornate golden-and-red throne wears a tall red-and-gold crown and orange robes, with a rudraksha-style necklace visible; this is an appearance-based candidate, a person, seated under a blue-and-orange canopy. The chariot is draped with marigold and orange garlands, tassels and a gilded kalasha-like finial. A man in an orange-and-white dhoti holds a long ceremonial staff topped with metal finials and another man in a brown-orange dhoti stands beside him. Orange flags flutter at the left and a man in white clothes with a forehead mark holds up a phone in the foreground. Other people stand along the edge of the frame.

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