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Outdoor temple procession in daylight. A palanquin-style canopy with multicoloured tassels in pink, red, black, white and orange is carried along a dirt path in front of a white building with red trim and string lights. Several men in saffron and orange robes and bare-chested priests with bangles and beaded malas walk ahead, one wearing an orange turban and red shawl with a flower garland. A cameraman in white stands at left, and a crowd of devotees in white dhotis and colourful clothes watches from the sides, with banana plants and palms behind. Scene suggests a festival procession, possibly thiruther utchavam.

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