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Night scene at an open courtyard with a large multicoloured kolam (rangoli) on the ground in red, yellow, green, blue and purple powder, outlined by white floral scroll lines. Several people in white dhotis and white saris stand and walk near a small stone-walled shrine with wooden frames and mango-leaf torans; inside, colourful decorated offerings and a cow are visible. Some people wear orange and saffron garments, and a man in a white dhoti stands at the shrine entrance. Festival lamps and steel vessels sit on the right, and bunches of green leaves hang overhead.

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