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Outdoor street procession in a South Indian town on a bright day. Drummers in blue and orange uniforms play large drums with sticks at the front. Behind them, men in white dhotis and shirts walk and raise their arms in devotion, and onlookers in shirts and lungis watch from the roadside. A large banner beside the road shows a smiling figure with a garland and a red-orange background, with Tamil script above. A gopuram temple tower with white and gold sculpted levels stands behind a yellow building on the left, with palm trees and a thatched shelter visible.

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