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Night procession of devotees carrying lit oil lamps (deepa) along a woven mat path on bare earth, lit by floodlights. Foreground left, a shaved-headed man in white dhoti with gold border and a rudraksha mala holds a lamp; beside him a young man in white dhoti with gold border and a sacred thread holds a flaming lamp. A smiling woman in a blue and gold saree holds a brass lamp with a bright flame. Behind them a man in a maroon kurta holds a lamp, and women in green and yellow sarees and men in white shirts stand in line. Pictured in a karthigai deepam context; the page references Karthigai Deepam and a person satsang, but no a person is clearly visible in this image.

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