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A photograph of a temple ritual at dusk. In the left foreground a person in a dark garment with a red-and-gold headband and red flower garland holds a brass lamp with a flame in the right hand, with beaded bracelets on the wrist. Behind, a large copper bowl with a tall flame and red and white flower garlands sits on a wooden platform. A tall ornate metal flagstaff or dhvaja stands beside a corrugated roof, with a hanging copper decorative canopy at top left and palm fronds at top right. The scene looks like a karthigai deepam or deepam fire offering.

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