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Night photograph of devotees gathered outdoors watching a tall fountain of sparkling fireworks erupt on a paved ground. Several men stand in a row, most wearing white dhotis or kurtas with orange shawls and orange stoles; one bald man in white and orange at left holds a small package, another in an orange robe stands centre-left, and a man in white with an orange stole stands at right. A woman in a teal sari stands among them, and a few more people are behind. A white building at left has a signboard in Kannada script reading the name of a temple. The sparks streak upward against a dark sky, with smoke drifting through the scene.

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