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Night photograph of a temple procession in darkness. On the left, a small illuminated temple shrine with a red-lit doorway stands beside an ornate decorated palanquin or ratha lit by warm lamps, draped with red and garland-like floral decorations and a glowing kalasha-like top. Silhouetted devotees and attendants stand and walk around the lit carriage at its base, with a bright round light visible on the far right. The rest of the frame is black sky and ground. a person is not clearly visible, so no candidate is identified.

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