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A street photo at dusk in a small Tamil Nadu town, with a paved road running toward palm trees. A bald man in a saffron-orange robe with a gold border walks in the centre of the road, his hands together in front of him, beside a man in a white shirt and white dhoti. Behind them a dark car with headlights on approaches. On the right, a row of people stands at the roadside, including an older man with spectacles, a white shirt and a rudraksha mala, and a man with a shaved head and white forehead markings in white ceremonial clothing with gold-coloured beads. Shops with red KOSAMATTAM FINANCE signboards line the street, and a green-railed building stands on the right. The saffron-robed man matches the page's a person cue only by robe and head shape, and his face is not visible enough to confirm identity, so he is described by role.

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