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A large procession moves along a busy, dusty street in Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, with a dense crowd of devotees walking toward the camera. Most men wear white dhotis and white shirts, and several carry small placards and a drum. A few figures in saffron and orange robes walk near the middle of the crowd, and a decorated umbrella and a saffron flag appear among the marchers. Trucks, motorbikes and a parked auto-rickshaw line the road, with multi-storey buildings and utility poles behind. A uniformed police officer in khaki walks on the left edge of the procession, guiding the march. The scene reads as a ratha yatra or street procession.

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