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Outdoor temple procession at dusk on a paved courtyard with a green-patterned floor and a kolam of coloured dots near the lower right. A bearded older man in a white dhoti and shirt, with a mala around his neck, carries a woven basket of straw-like grain stalks wrapped with a green cloth. Beside him a man in white holds a basket of marigold and yellow-and-red flower garlands. A bare-chested priest in white at the back holds a basket of bananas and fruit. A woman in a teal and blue sari with glasses carries a tray with a folded cloth. Several younger men in white dhotis stand behind them, and a small lantern hangs at left.

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