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Outdoor street procession in a residential lane in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, with petals scattered across the tarmac. A crowd of devotees walks and stands along the road, many with palms pressed together in namaste or hands folded in prayer. Women wear colourful saris in pink, blue, green, yellow and lavender, while several men wear white shirts and white dhotis, and a few wear orange or saffron shawls. Some devotees wear rudraksha-style beaded necklaces. A woman in a teal sari and a young woman in a maroon top hold cameras to photograph the procession. Parked cars, motorbikes, a pink compound wall and a yellow-and-green poster on a gate frame the scene. The crowd appears to number roughly 40 to 60 people visible in the frame.

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A street procession viewed from above, with a crowd of devotees lining both sides of a paved road strewn with flower petals. Most stand with palms pressed together in namaskar. A woman in a turquoise sari holds a camera, and a girl in a maroon top and a woman in a white sari with a pendant necklace stand near the front. A man in a white shirt and a woman in a yellow sari stand in the foreground, and an older man wears an orange shawl near the back. Parked cars, a pink gate and a white wall with a sign frame the background. A small time stamp appears in the lower right corner.2006-11-01A street gathering of devotees in a residential lane with scattered flower petals on the ground. In the foreground, a young man in white with an orange shawl over his shoulder holds a lit oil lamp or aarti plate and a small vessel, facing the crowd. Around him women in saris of teal, yellow, pink and blue stand with hands folded in prayer, and men in white shirts and dhotis stand behind them. 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