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A street procession at dusk in a busy Indian town, with a large crowd of marchers moving between shopfronts and street lamps. Many carry saffron-orange flags and tall banners. The largest banner on the right shows a man in an orange turban and ornate necklaces, and several banners show similar orange-turbaned portraits labelled "Nithyananda Youth Center" and "Kerala". Marchers wear white dhotis and saffron shawls, and some wear orange headbands. Uniformed police officers walk alongside the crowd, and a dark-uniformed officer stands at the lower right. Tamil banner text is visible in several places.

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