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Night street scene in Tiruvannamalai during a procession. A bearded man in a rust-brown robe and a long multicolour flower garland (white, pink and yellow blossoms) with a brown rudraksha mala stands at centre, with white forehead markings and smiling. He is flanked by young men: one in a grey-blue shirt on the left, one in a green checked shirt on the right. Behind them, older men in white shirts and dhotis, some with white forehead marks, and a bare-chested man with a shawl. A white-tiled building with arched windows and a tree stand in the background. Physical people are visible, with the outstretched hand of a devotee at the lower right.

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