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A dense crowd of devotees walks along a dusty street in a South Indian town, most wearing white dhotis or shirts with saffron-orange shawls draped over their shoulders. Some carry brass plates of food offerings at the right edge. Behind them stand small shops, a tiled-roof shrine and a white domed structure, a corrugated metal roof on the left, and a decorated gate arch on the right. Several faces are clearly visible in the front rows, and a few devotees in the foreground wear tilak marks. No specific individual is clearly identifiable as a person in this crowded procession.

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