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Night photo of a temple procession in Tiruvannamalai. A richly decorated silver-coloured elephant vehicle with a painted and garlanded head and a lit arched frame dominates the right side. Beside it stands an ornate silver palanquin-style shrine with a tiered golden roof, garlands and lights. Several men in white dhotis and bare-chested devotees in orange cloth attend the vehicle, some seated and some standing, with a dense crowd in the foreground. Strings of electric lights and a red-and-white umbrella canopy overhead. Shops with signs line the street behind. No individual can be confidently identified as the a person from appearance alone.