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Night photograph of devotees gathered for a temple arathi offering. A woman in a white sari with an orange shawl and gold-bordered blouse holds a steel bowl of grain or prasad, while a girl in an orange top with rudraksha beads reaches out for a handful. Around them stand a boy in white dhoti, a boy in a plaid shirt, a man in white with an orange shawl, and a man in a white shirt wearing rudraksha malas. Dark background, faint blurred figures behind. No identifiable a person candidate is visible.

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