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Outdoor photo of a devotee welcome line at a village house in Pudukkotai. A bald man in white dhoti and shirt wears an orange-saffron shawl and a long red and white flower garland with yellow marigolds, standing at the front. Behind him a line of women in sarees and salwar-style dress hold brass kalasha pots decorated with mango leaves and flowers, a traditional purna kumbha welcome. Behind them a large framed deity murti garlanded with flowers hangs on the wall, and a television sits on a shelf to the right. Several men and children stand in the background.

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