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Night-time outdoor ritual during a procession, with a decorated ratha-style shrine holding a deity murti of a standing goddess and a consort figure, lit by a bright lamp and framed with marigold garlands and yellow-and-red hangings. A framed portrait of a saffron-robed figure sits on the altar beside the murti. In the foreground a man in an orange robe and orange shawl raises his arm toward the shrine, and beside him a man in white dhoti and orange sash also raises an arm. Around them a crowd of people in white clothes, some with orange sashes, stands and sits; women in yellow and pink saris sit in front with brass oil lamps and offerings on the ground. A timestamp reads 11 19 2008 21:39.

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