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A street procession of devotees in white and orange walks along a road in Rajapalayam. In the centre, a long-haired man in an orange robe and a rudraksha mala gestures while speaking with an older bearded man in orange dhoti and shawl who holds a pole of an orange canopy. To the left a bare-chested young man wears a white dhoti with a red sash and sacred thread. Around them, white-clad participants carry long poles with orange and yellow streamers, and a man in a white shirt on the right holds a pole. A framed portrait of a woman with a printed Tamil caption is held aloft at the top right.

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