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A street procession in a Tamil town. A group of people in saffron and orange robes walks along a dusty road lined with shops, auto-rickshaws and a white bus marked Sri Rajarajeswari. At the front, a man in saffron robes with a rudraksha mala and a long trident-topped staff leads the group, while a man in white shirt and white dhoti walks ahead of them and gestures toward the road. Several women in white saris and men in white garments walk among the saffron-clad devotees. Shopfronts with hanging trinkets and multi-storey buildings line the street under a clear blue sky.

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