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A photograph taken at night beneath a large banyan tree with thick aerial roots and trunks. A barefoot figure in a saffron-orange robe with a draped shawl stands on sandy ground, holding a small lit flame or lamp in one hand toward a white kolam rangoli drawn on the ground at the base of the tree. A white garland with flowers hangs from the figure's shoulder, and a second person in white stands partly visible at the left edge. The scene suggests a vilakku pooja performed at a tree shrine. a person is shown in saffron robes with a flower garland, performing the lamp offering in front of the kolam.

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