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Outdoor photograph of a crowd walking past a temple gateway in Tiruvannamalai, with a rocky hill and palm trees behind. In the centre, a man with long dark hair, a white forehead mark and a gold-beaded garland wears an orange saffron wrap with gold borders and walks with hands clasped. Beside him on the left, a bespectacled man in white kurta and dhoti wears a rudraksha-style pendant and a shawl. Other men in white shirts and dhotis surround them. A yellow canopy and ornate gopuram-style temple roof appear in the background. A date stamp reading 24 12 2005 is printed in red in the lower left corner.

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