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Night procession scene under colourful umbrellas. A bare-chested man with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala sits on a raised seat draped with a leopard-print cloth, wearing a rust-brown garment and a thick garland of yellow, white and red flowers. He is smiling with eyes half-closed. Behind him a large golden lion figure with a yellow flower garland and a turquoise deity figure with a fierce painted face are visible, along with a bull head. A woman in a pink and gold sari sits beside him, and a person in orange robes stands at right. Pink and green silk umbrellas with sequin fringe shade the group, and a silver staff rests beside the seat.

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