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Night-time outdoor ritual at a temple precinct under a red-roofed shrine lit with strings of lights and a multicoloured canopy. Many devotees sit on the ground in rows, most in white or cream dhotis and kurtas or in saris, with a woman in orange and another in a blue-and-white sari prominent. Red trays holding small oil lamps with flames are set before them, along with plates of flowers and offerings. White sculpted deity figures and pillars with garlands surround the shrine. In the foreground a golden face mask on a garlanded stand sits among the seated people. Smoke rises in the lamplight.

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January 12 20092009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12Evening outdoor ritual at a red-roofed shrine hung with rows of small lamps and strings of lights. Many seated devotees, mostly in white and light clothing, sit before red trays holding lit oil lamps, flowers and offerings, with smoke rising through the scene. Behind them, white sculpted deity murti stand in niches of the shrine, and a multicoloured bunting of triangular pennants stretches across the top. The crowd is large and mostly seated on the ground, with a few standing figures near the back.2009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12