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A street procession in Tiruvannamalai with devotees in white dhotis and orange shawls walking under striped umbrellas with Dhyanapeetam lettering in blue and orange. A man in a white shirt and jeans kneels at the road, pouring water from a metal pot as a flow of liquid spreads across the tarmac. A banner overhead reads a Tamil and English message about lingashtakam abhishekam. A figure in orange robes with long dark hair stands among the group near the center, another man in white at right holds an orange flag. Several people visibly appear in the procession, with additional figures behind them, and a multi-storey building and shopfronts line the street.

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