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A dim, smoky hall crowded with devotees, many with raised hands in namaskar and arms lifted toward a bright open flame in the centre. Overhead hang strings of yellow and red flower garlands. Men in shirts and cloth caps and a person wearing a beaded necklace stand close together, some holding up mobile phones. No individual can be clearly picked out as a person from this distance, and the scene is dominated by the flame and the crowd's gesture of devotion, consistent with a karthikai deepam lamp lighting.

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December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04A dim, smoky hall hung with strings of marigold and multicoloured flower garlands across the ceiling. A bright flame burns in the background at the far end of the room, surrounded by a dense crowd of devotees seen from behind, many raising their arms and hands upward. Several men in front wear light caps and shirts, and some hold up phones or cameras. The crowd fills the foreground.2006-12-04A dense, hazy crowd fills a hall hung with garlands of marigold and red flowers. Many hands are raised in the air, some holding mobile phones, and a bright open flame glows in the centre background. In the foreground, several men wear pale green or yellow peaked caps and khaki uniforms. Smoke and warm light blur the scene, and no individual is clearly identifiable as a known figure from appearance alone.2006-12-04A dim, crowded night scene inside a temple hall decorated with white and yellow marigold garlands and hanging red lights. In the foreground a cameraman in a light shirt films with a handheld camera, and a bright open flame. Many devotees sit or stand closely together, wearing yellow, striped and white clothes. Several people in the crowd wear blue caps, and a figure in the right foreground wears an orange-red turban with a white ritual shirt. The turban wearer's appearance is not clearly distinctive enough to confirm an identity, so he is described only by role.2006-12-04December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04Night photo of a homa fire ritual with a brick-lined fire pit bordered by yellow marigold garlands and a metal bowl of offerings. A bare-chested priest in an orange-saffron cloth and red-beaded malas holds a lit oil lamp aloft with one arm while chanting beside a microphone. A second man in white sits near the fire with a gold chain and holds a ritual object. Behind them a crowd of seated devotees in white clothes with lanyards raises open palms in a blue-lit hall with rising smoke.2015-12-11December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04Evening photograph of a nighttime ritual seen from behind a crowd of devotees. In the centre a tall flame rises from a golden ornate structure with a trident-like finial, possibly a fire vessel or lamp stand, set against a dark blue backdrop. In the foreground a shaved-headed man in a plain orange-brown cloth draped over his shoulder and a saffron-and-gold sash stands facing the flame. Other devotees around him wear red shoulder cloths and white or striped shirts, some holding small lit lamps. Gold dhwaja-like ornaments flank the scene.2015-07-21December 11 20152015-12-11December 11 20152015-12-11 +1 copiesNovember 01 20062006-11-01December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04