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Night outdoor ceremony on a paved courtyard during Deepavali celebrations. A row of young women in colourful silk saris (blue, pink, purple, green, orange) with white jasmine garlands sit along a stone bench. In the centre, a woman in a maroon sari bends forward, her face pressed against a long garland of white and pink flowers that she holds. A man in a white dhoti and shawl with a sacred thread stands behind an oil lamp (deepam) and a brass lamp on the stone floor. Flower petals are scattered across the ground, and red and pink paper lanterns hang overhead. A yellow-and-red canopy and a white car are visible in the background, along with seated devotees. The man's identity cannot be established from appearance, so no a person candidate is claimed.

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