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A photograph of an Arudra Darshan procession on a street. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a sacred thread stands on a richly decorated chariot, a ratha draped in marigold and jasmine garlands, with a red-and-gold canopy and painted pillars with elephant motifs. Behind him a deity murti is adorned with garlands on a purple cloth. Onlookers in the foreground include a man in sunglasses and a young man in yellow. Shop signs line the street. A timestamp overlay reads 3 Jan 2026 7:59:48 am, Arudra Darshan Mandakpadi, with a note about 100 garlands and #KailasaMadurai.

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Outdoor photo of an Arudra Darshan procession at a temple-style chariot decorated with yellow and orange marigold garlands, red flowers and green leaf strings draped over a deity murti. A bare-backed man in a white dhoti with a silver-gold waist cloth and a pink-striped shawl walks in the foreground, facing the chariot. The chariot has green, red and orange fabric panels with blue flower motifs, a purple cloth and an orange canopy. A shop sign reading Cambridge and a blue tarpaulin appear behind. Two people are partly visible at the lower left edge.A photograph of an Arudra Darshan procession in Madurai. A bare-chested man in an orange and white dhoti, with a rudraksha mala at his chest, carries a white cloth as he walks past a richly decorated chariot. On the chariot, a deity murti is heavily garlanded with yellow and red flower strands, with a red and green cloth backdrop and ornate blue and red canopy hangings. Onlookers stand at the left edge beside a shuttered shop. 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