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A nighttime photo taken at a doorway of a house, with women and children gathered on a paved courtyard in front of greenery. A woman on the left wears a yellow-green saffron-style saree with green floral print and white flowers in her hair. Beside her a smiling woman wears a red top. In the centre a girl in a blue t-shirt with pink trousers stands with her palms pressed together, and a boy in a yellow t-shirt holds a small object. Right of them a woman in a light blue floral saree and a woman in a teal checked saree hold a toddler in a turquoise top. A white powdery substance is scattered on the ground. No a person candidate is visible; the scene shows ordinary neighbourhood gathering, with no visible ritual specifics beyond the offering-like scattering.

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Evening outdoor photo at a courtyard in Karanthai, Thanjavur, with a concrete floor and plastic chairs. A woman in an orange blouse and green-and-cream saree stands at left, holding a garland-decorated hand near a seated woman in a red top and white skirt with a red bindi. A small bare-chested child sits on the floor between them. Standing at right, a girl in a yellow t-shirt holds a brass plate with red and yellow items, and another girl in a turquoise top carries a younger child. Steel vessels with yellow food and a ladle sit on the floor in front, and a seated elderly woman in a plaid saree sits behind. Flowers are in several women's hair, and the scene suggests a small household ritual offering.2025-04-25Night photograph taken through a doorway of a courtyard where a group of women and children sit and stand among plants. 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Timestamp overlay reads Nov 8, 2025 6:47:28 PM Karanthai Thanjavur Tamil Nadu.2025-08-11A night-time outdoor photo at a small rural compound lit by a dim light. Several women in sarees stand and sit in a loose group. One woman in a white saree with blue blouse stands at center, another in a green saree stands to the left, and a woman in a pink and purple saree stands at center-left. A woman in a teal top bends low near a white wall. A woman in a pink saree and white shawl stands at right, and a person in orange sits on the ground near a small lit flame and brass items on a cloth. A white wall at right displays a printed banner with a QR code and a photo portrait of a man in orange, captioned as a murti with a note to scan to talk to THE SPH. A timestamp reads Sep 26, 2025 7:39:42 PM, with Karanthai, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu printed on the photo.2025-09-26Night outdoor scene in Coimbatore during a street procession. 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