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A busy street procession in Madurai at dusk. In the foreground a man in a turquoise shirt handles green leaves and a basket of bananas, mangoes and coconut husk on a table. Beside him a bare-chested man in a white dhoti and shawl-like cloth is focused on the offering. Behind them a decorated palanquin or ratha with a golden frame, red and white garlands and an orange-clad figure carries a deity murti, with a floral canopy above. Storefronts, shop signs and hanging wires line the street. Several devotees crowd the procession.

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