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A street procession in a South Indian town moves past multi-storey shops, with a Hindu temple gopuram visible at left. Many devotees fill the road, most in white dhotis and shirts. Several carry tall orange ceremonial flags with embroidered gold-and-red tops. In the foreground, a shaved-headed man in a white dhoti and sacred thread walks beside a woman in a dark blouse and gold-bordered sari holding a brass plate, and a man in a light blue shirt holds a drum. A large chariot-like float is seen in the distance. Roughly thirty to forty people are visible.

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