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Street procession at dusk on a city road in Salem, Tamil Nadu, with a crowd of devotees in white dhotis and orange shirts. Beside him a woman in orange sari and a woman in orange robes with a gold ceremonial necklace stand on the float. Men in white shirts and white dhotis carry orange and red flags on poles; a banner shows multiple portraits of women with Tamil text. A street lamp, shops and buildings line the road.

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