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A crowded street procession in a town with a Hindu festival atmosphere. Strings of multicolored triangular bunting in green, orange, purple and yellow stretch across the road. Saffron-robed participants fill the street, and red flags flutter from poles. A white truck with a blue 'PALLAV' sign carries large speakers and drums, and a decorated ratha-style float with a deity murti under a canopy is pulled through the crowd. Uniformed police line one side, and a man in a white seat rides a decorated cart at left. Shops and parked cars line the road, and a blue-and-yellow umbrella canopy stands on the right.

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