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A dense outdoor street procession in a busy Tamil town market. Hundreds of men in white dhotis and shirts, many carrying saffron-orange flags on poles, crowd the road. At the centre a palanquin-style float with a striped canopy is carried forward, and a golden temple-style shrine tower rises above the shops on the right. Vendors' stalls with yellow and green awnings line the street, bananas are stacked on a cart, and strings of white paper slips hang across the lane. Shops include a Sai Ganga Snacks sign and a 'Kottu' style sign. Motorcycles are parked along the edge and a small yellow vehicle sits at left.

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