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A photo inside a Kerala temple courtyard under a tiled roof, with a tall tiered black metal oil lamp stand (nilavilakku) in the centre on a stone platform. Several devotees stand around it: a bare-chested older man in a white dhoti and a man in a teal shirt and white mundu at left, a woman in a red sari with a green border at centre, a man in a white dhoti with a bare chest behind, and women in red, orange and white saris at right. A white-clad priest stands in the background near a grille. A whiteboard sign lists a date and rituals, and a printed pooja timings board sits beside the lamp. No identifiable a person candidate is visible in the scene.

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