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A street procession in a busy Tamil town. On a decorated flatbed vehicle, a large white bull-mount deity murti with a golden face and crown sits beneath a canopy of yellow and orange marigold garlands, draped in orange cloth and surrounded by garlands. Several men in ordinary shirts and trousers stand on and beside the vehicle, one in a blue shirt and another in a beige shirt. On the street below, women in orange and saffron saris and a woman in a pink sari with a long braid hold oil lamps and incense, with smoke rising from a smouldering pot. Shopfronts behind include VIVO and Royal Mobiles signs, and scaffolding covers a building on the left.

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