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A night street procession in a Tamil Nadu town. In the foreground, a bearded man with a shaved-looking head wears an orange saffron dhoti and a long rudraksha-style mala, with tilak on his forehead. Beside him, a person in a red-brown sari with a white flower garland and gold-trimmed pallu stands, hands joined. At right, a figure in orange saffron robes with dark rudraksha beads and long swept-back hair holds hands together, while devotees in white dhotis and shirts surround them. Behind the crowd, a golden canopied palanquin lit with green and white lights carries a deity image, and shops with signboards line the street.

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Night street procession outside a temple in a busy market lane. A man in a rust-coloured dhoti and shawl, wearing a thick gold necklace, a white flower garland, a sandalwood forehead mark and a headband, stands smiling among priests in orange silk robes. Behind them a crowd gathers beneath a red and multicoloured fringed umbrella, and an ornate gold palanquin with a deity murti glows under lights in the temple gateway. Shops line both sides of the street, with a green light beam crossing the scene. The visible people number roughly twenty.2012-06-05Night street procession in a Tamil town lined with shops and neon signs, with a temple gopuram lit in green in the background. In the foreground, a long-haired bearded man in an orange silk sleeveless wrap and layered beaded necklaces stands with palms pressed together, facing a bare-shouldered man in an orange garment seen from behind. 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