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Night procession of devotees walking along a street past the gate of Sri Seshadri Swamigal Ashramam, a white ornate gateway with a lit lamp and a small shrine figure visible inside. Many women in colourful saris (blue, orange, pink, red, green) and children walk in a crowd. Several men in saffron and orange dhotis, some with bare upper bodies, sacred ash marks and rudraksha-style beads, walk among them. A bright street lamp and strings of bunting decorate the scene, and a large tree stands at right beside a sign reading Akaash Seshadri, Pure Vegetarian. Several people are visible, roughly a dozen, with some further in the background.

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