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A street procession in a crowded Indian town, seen from above. Many people in white and mixed clothing walk along the road past shops and a blue-domed building. Uniformed police in khaki and a column of uniformed youths in dark blue march in the middle, and a row of girls in blue uniforms with pink umbrellas follows. Two long white banners with Tamil script and Om symbols are carried, and a blue banner reads 'Conference on All Religions' with the Om, cross and crescent emblems. A hand-drawn cart and yellow awning sit at the lower left. A temple gopuram stands at the left edge.

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