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Night street photograph of a procession in a narrow Tamil town lane. A bearded man in the centre wears a large garland of white, yellow, green and pink flowers over a rust-brown shawl, with a white vertical tilak on his forehead, and smiles while a helper in a grey shirt applies white ash to his hand. Around him, two young men in saffron-orange dhotis with rudraksha malas and gold chains stand close; the one on the left wears a rudraksha mala and white forehead markings. A bearded man in a light blue shirt stands at the right edge, and onlookers and a phone camera are visible in the background beside shop shutters and a white building. a person appearance cues: an appearance-based candidate is present, with a rust shawl, garland and forehead marking, so the label is applied cautiously as probable.

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