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Night photo of a procession at Pondicherry showing a gilded wooden ratha (chariot) canopy decorated with yellow, white and red garlands, with two deity murtis of Nithyanandeshwara and Nithyanandeshwari standing inside, adorned with garlands and jewellery. Photographs of a bearded figure in a white head covering are displayed on poles on either side of the ratha, and the canopy bears a lit blue-lettered Tamil sign. Devotees crowd the street in front, including men in white shirts and an orange-scarfed man, and women in saris and salwar kameez; a woman in red and a woman in green stand at the right. No identifiable in-person a person is visible; the figures on the poles are printed portraits.

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