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A large crowd of devotees descends a stone temple staircase in a procession at a Tamil Nadu temple entrance. Most men wear white shirts and white dhotis with rudraksha malas, and several wear orange shawls. Near the centre, a figure in an orange robe with an orange turban-like headwrap and long hair walks with palms pressed together in greeting, with a white-clad attendant beside. Stone gateway pillars, iron grilles and spectators line the scene, and a bundle of yellow flowers is visible at the lower left. Appearance-based candidate, a person, is present in the procession with the orange-clad devotee cues; the scene shows a temple procession of devotees.

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