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Evening street procession in a town with shopfronts and signboards. In the foreground, a man in a saffron-orange turban and saffron robe with gold trim stands on a raised white-draped vehicle, holding a long ornate pole beside a lantern-style light. Behind him a woman in orange clothing sits on the platform, and a crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis fills the street. Red and orange flags wave above the crowd. A printed portrait banner hangs over the street with a caption in Tamil. The man on the vehicle has distinctive saffron turban and robe cues, so this is a person candidate in a procession; the crowd is large and visible.

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