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A close overhead photo of a brass multi-wick oil lamp, a vilakku with five lit flames, held by a hand on a green banana leaf. The hand wears a red thread and a gold bangle. Scattered white jasmine flowers and red kumkum powder sit on the leaf around the lamp base. Ritual oil-lamp offering setting, no people's faces visible. The lamp's white ghee-soaked wicks glow with golden flame.

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