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A photograph of a large crowd of women in a procession outside a whitewashed building with a blue sign reading "மறைமலை அடிகள் அரசு மேல்நிலைப் பள்ளி" (Maraimalai Adigal Government Higher Secondary School), Embalam. Most women carry silver kalasha-style vessels topped with yellow coconut-like offerings and white flower garlands with green leaves, as in a Poorna Kumbha offering. Foreground women wear white saris with red or gold borders, an orange sari, a yellow-green silk sari, and gold necklaces and rudraksha-style beads. Several older women stand at the right in white saris. No a person candidate is visible in this crowd scene.

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