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Photograph of a covered temple colonnade in Kerala with a shimmering silver tinsel canopy overhead. A black car decorated with a red and white garland is parked at the centre while a crowd of devotees gathers around it. Several men are bare-chested wearing white dhotis with gold borders and orange-saffron cloths, and some wear garlands. Women wear saris in blue, gold and maroon. Shops on the left sell pooja articles, and a priest in orange cloth stands near the car. A person inside the car is partly visible, and the setting appears to be Chottanikkara Temple.

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