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A large outdoor crowd gathers on grass during a ratha yatra procession in Tamil Nadu. In the foreground, several men in white kurta and dhoti wear round tricolour-style rosettes on their chests. A bearded man in a white shirt holds a small mobile phone and touches the head of a younger man beside him, while another man in white holds a camera. Behind them, women in saris, many in orange, green and yellow, stand among the spectators. One man at right has white vibhuti marks on his forehead. Nobody in the scene is clearly identified as a person, so no appearance-based candidate is named.

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