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Night procession at an ashram with a large illuminated ratha-style palanquin carrying a deity murti under an ornate golden canopy decorated with red and orange fringe. The deity is garlanded with red and yellow flowers and sits atop a horned bull-like vahana with blue supports. A man in a white dhoti with a gold border stands at left, waving a large white feather fan toward the deity as an aarti-like offering. Strings of green and red lights line the building behind, and another illuminated figure with a tall headdress stands in the background at right.

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