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Outdoor photo of a temple car procession (ratha) at a roadside area under trees in Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu. A gilded wooden ratha with carved pillars and a shrine enclosure holds deity murtis draped in red cloth and garlanded with flowers. Several men in white dhotis and shirts stand at the ratha, some attending the murtis and adjusting decorations. A woman in an orange and cream sari with an orange shawl stands in the foreground, along with a man in a yellow polo shirt and light trousers facing the ratha. Two framed portraits are mounted on stands near the ratha, one showing a figure in white headwear with a beard and the other a figure in orange, though these are printed images rather than present people. Orange saffron flags fly from the ratha, and a bus is visible in the background. Roughly eight to ten physical people are visible.

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