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A street procession in a Tamil Nadu town, with a man in an orange saffron robe and a long white and yellow flower garland waving to the crowd while walking. Behind him, devotees in white dhotis and shirts walk along the roadside, some wearing rudraksha-style beaded necklaces. A woman in a white sari and beaded necklace walks in front, and a man in white with a pendant follows. A devotee holds a handwritten placard with a small photo of a figure in orange and Tamil text. A round yellow and red decorated banner on a pole rises above the crowd, and shop signs line the street. Many people are visible in the crowd.

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