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Outdoor photo of a dense crowd of devotees gathered around a small ritual tray in Tamil Nadu. In the foreground a man in white dhoti and shirt bends forward holding a brass plate of orange offerings, while a woman in a white sari with a green blouse and a man in white with an orange shawl and rudraksha mala stand beside him. Many people in white clothing and rudraksha malas, along with women in colourful saris and bindis, surround them. A man in white with a mala holds a video camera, and others raise cameras. Behind the crowd, more spectators in saris and shirts fill the frame.

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