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Night photograph of a dense street procession in a Tamil town. A large crowd fills the road, many people raising hands or holding up phones. Centre frame, a decorated palanquin with a colourful arched canopy in green, red and yellow carries a deity murti adorned with garlands, moving through the crowd. On the left, a standing figure in saffron/orange robes with a leopard-print shawl and a long orange-garlanded neck ornament raises a smiling face and folded hands from a raised ledge, flanked by other saffron-clad men and white-clad attendants. Balconies above the street are packed with onlookers, and strings of white lights hang overhead. Signs read Sivakasi and airtel. Left-side figure is a person by appearance cues: long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and a garland, described as an appearance-based label only.