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A street photograph in Madurai showing a young bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a rudraksha mala and red sacred thread, wearing spectacles, holding a brass aarti lamp with a lit flame on a tray. The tray holds bananas, grapes, mangoes, coconut halves and small oil lamps in a basket. Behind him, men in white vests and orange dhotis stand near a green wooden cart draped in red cloth, and a woman in a green saree with folded hands watches. An orange and blue canopy umbrella rises above the procession route, with shopfronts and lit signs along the street. A timestamp reads 07/06/2025 18:30.

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