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Dusk photograph of a large open-air ritual ground where hundreds of devotees sit on the bare earth in rows, many women in colourful saris and salwar kameez, some men in white. Each seated person has a small clay lamp or oil lamp burning on a low brick ring in front of them, forming a sea of small flames. On a raised stage at the far end, a white-draped figure sits near a small decorated backdrop and offerings, with a line of tall vertical lights along the edge. Dark clouds and distant hills frame the scene. The image shows a lamp-lit puja gathering, with a printed copyright line in the lower corner.