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A photograph of a street scene in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, where a crowd of devotees stands with palms pressed together in namaskar as a procession is expected to pass. Several women in sarees, including white with gold border, blue and pink, stand in front, while men in white kurta and shirts stand behind them; one man on the left wears a rudraksha-style mala and holds a camera. Behind the crowd is a temple gateway with a painted blue wall showing a deity figure, and a parked silver car lines the street. No swami is clearly visible among the people.

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