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Night outdoor ritual at a temple courtyard with palm-leaf and banana-leaf decorations and string lights overhead. A row of men in white dhotis and white shirts with orange-and-red shawls stand on green banana leaves, hands pressed together in anjali, facing forward. Some hold white cloth bundles at their chests. Behind them a larger crowd of devotees in white and some in saffron stands in the courtyard, with a canopy and decorated structures at the back. Consistent with a Karthigai Deepam evening gathering, though no a person is clearly visible.

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December 22 20162016-12-22December 22 20162016-12-22 +1 copiesDecember 12 20162016-12-12 +1 copiesDecember 22 20162016-12-22 +1 copiesDecember 22 20162016-12-22 +1 copiesDecember 12 20162016-12-12 +1 copiesDecember 22 20162016-12-22 +1 copiesNight-time temple ritual under a canopy strung with coloured lights and green leaf garlands. In the foreground, several men in white dhotis with orange-and-gold shawls stand barefoot on green leaves, hands pressed in namaskar, some with white cloth bundles on their shoulders. Behind them, a bare-chested man in an orange dhoti kneels on the paved floor tending a ritual vessel, while other men in orange and white attend nearby. A decorated altar with yellow flowers and brass fittings is visible at right. The mood is devotional and orderly, with a sense of collective worship around a lamp-lit sacred space.2016-12-12December 22 20162016-12-22 +1 copiesDecember 22 20162016-12-22December 12 20162016-12-12December 22 20162016-12-22 +1 copies