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A night-time temple ritual with devotees seated in rows along a stone ledge beside a line of black Shivalingams. In the foreground a woman in a black top with a rudraksha mala and a green-and-purple skirt sits with hands folded, while behind her men in white dhotis with bare upper bodies and white sacred ash marks sit with palms pressed together in prayer. Several women in orange, green and dark clothing, a headscarf-wearing woman, and a smiling girl in a pink hooded top join in. Brass lamps and marigold and yellow flower offerings lie on the ground, and a red flag and white railing are visible behind.

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