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A night photograph of devotees walking along a temple street, apparently on a circumambulation of Tiruvannamalai. A large crowd of men and women in white dhotis, white saris and kurtas moves through the frame, many with vermilion and vibhuti marks. In the centre, a man in an orange-and-cream striped shirt walks ahead of a bald man in a plain white dhoti and kurta, whose back is turned to the camera. A man in white with a tilak holds up a saffron-and-gold cloth. A gateway with a lit signboard and a temple tower stand in the background under dim street lights. A printed banner on the gate carries Tamil text.

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