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Street scene at dusk during a Mandakpadi offering in Madurai. In the foreground a figure wearing a bright orange turban, orange saffron-coloured wrap and a rudraksha-style bead necklace stands beside a bare-chested man in a white head cloth and white dhoti with a sandalwood mark on his arm. Behind them a man in a black shirt with a bead bracelet stands next to a boy in a white patterned shirt, and onlookers crowd the street. A brass handbell sits on a wooden table in front, next to a woven basket, and a decorated umbrella and garland-adorned deity display are visible at upper left. Shop signs in Tamil script line the street. The orange-clad figure's identity is uncertain from appearance alone.

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