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Night photograph of a decorated processional palanquin on a riverside, lit by warm lamps. The canopied vehicle is hung with orange and marigold garlands and red and gold tassels, with a blue-and-gold canopy at left and a yellow flag in the background. A man in white stands at the top of the palanquin raising an object in his right hand, and a figure in orange-red cloth sits near the centre front. Several men in white dhotis and dark clothing walk alongside, supporting and guiding the structure, while rows of string lights line the water behind. The scene reads as a ratha or palanquin procession by night.

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