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A photo of a ritual in which several men in saffron-brown robes and rudraksha malas hold a brass bowl with a flame and a woman in a brown headwrap with a gold-bordered band and white flower garland passes a basket of clay oil lamps lit with a flame. The men wear vibhuti on their foreheads, and the woman wears gold jewellery and red flowers. The setting is a dim doorway with a painted wooden frame. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person from the visible cues.

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A photograph of a group of ritual participants in a dim setting lighting clay oil lamps (deepams) for a Karthigai Deepam-style lamp offering. In the foreground, a figure in a maroon-and-orange headwrap and an ornate patterned crown, wearing a white floral garland, gold jewellery and white sacred ash markings on the arms and face, holds a woven basket of lit clay lamps. Beside them, several men in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls, with rudraksha malas and white tripundra markings on their foreheads, hold and light lamps. A silver tray of red, yellow and white flower petals sits at lower right. Several other devotees stand in the background.2013-11-17November 17 20132013-11-17November 17 20132013-11-17November 17 20132013-11-17November 17 20132013-11-17November 17 20132013-11-17November 17 20132013-11-17November 17 20132013-11-17November 17 20132013-11-17November 17 20132013-11-17Photograph of a ritual at an evening temple event. A central figure in a maroon-red robe with a leopard-print skirt, a red-and-orange turban-style headpiece, white flower garlands, gold necklaces and bangles holds a wicker tray with a clay lamp burning oil. To the left, a man in an ornate blue and gold embellished cap and orange beaded necklace leans forward, reaching toward the tray. To the right, a shaved-headed attendant in orange robes and rudraksha malas with a tilak carries a silver plate of offerings. Behind them, several people in orange and maroon robes stand with hands folded, and a woman in a white sari stands at the right edge.2013-11-17November 17 20132013-11-17