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A procession in a stone-walled temple passage moves along an orange-tinted path with a rangoli border at the bottom. At the centre, a golden palanquin with a domed canopy, pink and magenta flower garlands and a small deity murti is carried forward. Devotees in white dhotis and sarees walk around it, many women wearing orange or saffron shawls and garlands, and a young woman in front wears an orange shawl. A man in an orange robe walks among them. Temple gopuram towers and palm trees rise in the background beside a hill. A crowd of onlookers lines the walls on the right.

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