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A crowded outdoor procession at a South Indian temple. In the centre a richly decorated palanquin or ratha, covered with garlands of yellow and orange flowers and topped with a purple and gold canopy, is carried forward through the street. Uniformed police officers in khaki shirts and caps line the route, and many devotees and onlookers in casual clothes press forward, some photographing with phones. At the lower right a bare-chested man with a shaved head and a sandalwood-and-vibhuti forehead mark wears rudraksha beads and a saffron cloth, a brief candidate whose appearance is not clearly distinctive enough to confirm identity. Ornate temple gopurams, carved pillars and a mountain rise behind the scene under an overcast sky.

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