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A street procession in Tiruvannamalai, with a large group of men and some women in white dhotis, shirts and sarees standing on a road. A man in a saffron-orange robe with a crown-like orange turban and a rudraksha mala stands in the center right, his long hair visible at the sides, with a white-bearded man in a pale pink robe beside him. Several uniformed police officers stand at the left. Behind them are shops, a colourful signboard reading Varma Metals, a Hindu deity statue on a blue-roofed structure, and a tall gopuram temple tower. Small rosettes are pinned to several chests. Most people wear white.

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