A night-time photograph of a large tree trunk on a raised stone platform, wrapped with orange marigold garlands and green leaf strands. Small offerings sit at its base. Warm lamps glow nearby, with a string of fairy lights overhead at left. To the right a red cloth banner with devanagari script hangs under a dark tarpaulin roof, beside a blue cloth. No people are visible. - Nithyanandapedia

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A night-time photograph of a large tree trunk on a raised stone platform, wrapped with orange marigold garlands and green leaf strands. Small offerings sit at its base. Warm lamps glow nearby, with a string of fairy lights overhead at left. To the right a red cloth banner with devanagari script hangs under a dark tarpaulin roof, beside a blue cloth. No people are visible.

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