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A street procession in a Tamil Nadu village lane, with a crowd lining both sides. On the left, a man in white dhoti and shirt with orange-bordered cloth plays a long brass horn, beside a drummer in white dhoti holding a red-and-gold drum. In the centre, a woman in a white sari with gold border carries a brass tray holding a coconut-shaped kalasha with yellow flowers and leaves. Behind her, an elderly woman in a white sari with gold border holds a white flower garland, and another older woman in a white sari with red blouse holds a silver plate. A young man in white dhoti with rudraksha mala stands at the right. A uniformed police officer in khaki walks in the crowd. Orange and blue houses and banana plants frame the scene, and rose petals lie on the ground.

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