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A street procession on a town road lined with shops, including a Hotel Om Saravana Bhavan sign, a Tourist tea stall and a Hotel Sangam sign. Three large multicoloured ceremonial umbrellas with fringed edges are carried on long poles above the crowd, and saffron flags with a blue bird emblem fly at the edges. A central figure in a saffron robe, with long hair, a rudraksha mala and a large ornate gold-coloured necklace, walks at the front, with a white-clad figure in a saffron turban beside him, and a man in white holding a book. Behind them drummers in white vests and dhotis play large drums, and many devotees in white and saffron follow with garlands and sashes. Dress colours are white, saffron and orange throughout. The scene reads as a Hindu religious procession with drumming.

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