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Night procession at Kodikkan Ratha Yatra in Coimbatore: an ornate golden palanquin-style shrine carries garlanded deity murtis of Nithyanandeshwara and Nithyanandeshwari, lit by a bright lamp. A man in white clothes stands on the shrine platform beside the deities. Devotees crowd the foreground, including women in saris and a woman with a long braid in an orange sari, with a bright lamp at the right edge. A framed photo of a man in white turban and clothing is mounted on the shrine's side. The shrine has Tamil text on a sign above the deities.

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