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Outdoor street procession in a crowded Tamil Nadu town on a bright day. Two large decorated umbrellas in gold and red with floral and bird-logo designs are carried on tall poles at the front, with more multicolored and saffron umbrellas behind them. Many devotees in white dhotis and shirts and saffron or orange shawls walk through the crowd, and several young men wear orange and yellow scarves. A shaved-headed man in white wears an orange headcloth near the center. Roadside stalls with pink, green and yellow fabrics line the right edge, and a tripod-mounted camera appears in the lower left. Palm trees and sky are visible above the crowd, which numbers in the dozens or more.

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