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Outdoor procession in a village street in Tamil Nadu. In the foreground, musicians play a long brass horn (nagaswaram-style wind instrument) and drums (melam). A man in white dhoti and shirt blows the horn. Beside him, a man in saffron-orange robe with a rudraksha mala stands in the crowd. Drummers in white dhotis and red shoulder cloths play barrel drums. Behind them, a decorated float or palanquin with a striped canopy and banana-leaf and foliage decorations stands under palm trees, with a saffron flag on a pole to the left and a yellow banner with Tamil text. Devotees crowd the street.

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