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A street procession in Tamil Nadu moves along a paved road with many devotees dressed in white dhotis and white shirts with orange shawls draped over their shoulders. Several women in white saris walk with them, and some devotees carry brass pots on their heads, with rows of small pots set on the roadside in the foreground. A drummer in a white shirt beats a drum at the bottom right, while a red and gold banner and umbrellas rise above the crowd. Parked motorcycles, a roadside shrine with a Nandi bull statue, and a shop sign are visible behind them.

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