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A dim temple interior during a Karthigai Deepam ritual. Left, a decorated deity murti is draped in orange and red cloth and garlanded with yellow, white, purple and red flowers, with tall brass oil lamps lit before it. A kneeling person in a white dhoti and bare chest arranges small clay pots of oil with lit wicks on a cloth. Standing right, a man in an orange dhoti and bare chest holds a brass bowl with a burning flame, while another person in a maroon cloth stands beside him holding a pot. Lamps glow throughout the scene; the photo is taken from a close, low angle. Three physical people are visible.

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