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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. Printed Tamil and English text on a signboard and overlay shows the date and event name.

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