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Outdoor procession crowd at the Kodikkan Ratha Paada Yatra in Rajapalayam. A central man in an orange saffron robe and orange shawl, with dark wavy hair and glasses, walks with his hands folded in a respectful greeting. A woman beside him wears a pink and white flower garland and presses her palms together. Around them devotees in white dresses and white clothes, some with orange or yellow shawls and rudraksha malas, stand in a dense crowd. A multicoloured canopy with red and green tassels is visible at upper left, and a man in a white shirt with a wristwatch joins palms at right. The scene is bright daylight.

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