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Night procession at an outdoor festival. A large deity murti decorated with heavy garlands of white and red flowers, sparkling ornaments and draped red-and-gold cloth is carried on a float, lit by a bright lamp on the left. A man in an orange-red dhoti stands beside the float near the lamp. A dense crowd of devotees in the dark foreground watches, with purple and green lights strung along the back. Scene suggests a ratha procession with a deity murti; no clear appearance cues identify a person candidate.

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