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A crowded night street scene in a Madurai market lane, with many people walking past shopfronts. Women wear colourful saris, including a woman in a green and grey sari carrying a red bag, a woman in pink, and a woman in a blue sari, while a man in glasses and a dark shirt walks in the middle. A young girl in a yellow dress and a boy in a white sleeveless top stand near a yellow sign in Tamil script. Shop signs read Walkmate and Walkaroo for footwear, and GK Gem & Jewellers is visible above the street.

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