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Street procession in a village in Tamil Nadu. A large banner on the left shows a saffron-robed figure lit by a flame and reads Tamil text with the date 04.07.2014 and the words 'a person a person Varuga Varuga' (welcome). Several saffron-robed sannyasis walk in front, some bare-chested with orange garments and rudraksha malas, one with a beaded necklace. Men in white shirts and dhotis and others in casual shirts follow, a drummer beats a drum, and a decorated vehicle with a painted canopy and banana-leaf and flower decorations sits behind them. Onlookers line the road, and two-wheelers and a small truck are parked at the roadside.

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