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A street procession in Madurai at dusk, with a decorated palanquin carrying a deity murti under an orange and purple fringed canopy. The murti is adorned with white and yellow flower garlands and sits on a red cloth draped over a green wooden cart. A shirtless man in a blue dhoti stands on the palanquin tending the murti, while another man in a cream shirt steadies the canopy from behind. In the foreground a man in a white vest and orange dhoti holds a basket of flowers, and a woman in a green saree with red blouse walks beside him. A woman in an orange top with a braid faces the cart. Shops and buildings line the street, and a man in a yellow shirt stands on a balcony above. Timestamp 07/06/2025 18:30 appears at the lower right.

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Street procession in a crowded Madurai market lane at dusk. A deity murti is carried on a wheeled green cart beneath a large orange and purple fringed canopy, adorned with white and yellow garlands and draped in red cloth with gold trim. A bare-chested man in a blue dhoti stands on the cart beside the murti, while a man in a cream shirt and white dhoti steadies it from the side. In the foreground, a young man in an orange dhoti and orange shawl carries a basket of flowers. Nearby, men in white vests and orange dhotis stand along the street, with shop fronts, signboards and overhead wires behind them. A timestamp reads 07/06/2025 18:30.2025-07-06A street procession in Madurai on a busy urban lane lined with multi-storey buildings and shops. A green wooden-framed cart with long poles carries a richly garlanded deity murti draped in red cloth with gold borders, under an orange and purple fringed umbrella held aloft by a shirtless man in a blue dhoti. 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