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Night photograph of a temple procession in Tiruvannamalai. Several ornately decorated ratha chariots and illuminated shrine canopies with striped umbrella tops fill the street, lit by bulbs. Priests in white dhotis and bare-chested temple attendants stand around the central deity murti carried on a palanquin; a decorated elephant figure appears on one side. A large crowd of devotees in blue, white and green clothing, many in white shirts and saris, watches from the foreground. Brass lamps and a shaded lamp stand glow near the front.

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