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A procession on a street in Tiruvannamalai shows a gold deity murti seated on a white and green painted vahana. The deity wears an orange cloth draped over the seat and is adorned with flower garlands. Men in blue and khaki shirts and a man in a cream shirt push and steady the palanquin, and white smoke drifts at the left edge. A shopfront with Tamil signage stands behind the procession.

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