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Night photograph of a ritual at a shrine. A silver multi-flame oil lamp with several burning wicks and a central figure stands on the ground. A hand wearing a rudraksha mala bracelet and an orange cloth sleeve tends the lamp from the lower left. Behind the lamp is a large deity murti draped with red and yellow marigold garlands, and smoke rises from the scene. A red-and-yellow flag stands at the right beside a metal gate, and a sprinkling of petals and kumkum lies on the ground.

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