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A photograph of a grand golden shrine stage decorated for Karthigai Deepam, with rows of oil lamps and fairy lights glowing across the front. A seated figure in a maroon-red robe and matching red head wrap sits with palms pressed together at the centre, in front of a golden bull, a deity murti and a golden kalasha arch. Flanking golden deity murtis are garlanded with yellow and orange flowers. On the left, a standing attendant in red cloth holds a flame toward a lamp, while floral garlands and striped canopy cloths hang above. a person is the seated figure in saffron-red robes with a red head wrap, though the appearance is only partly visible.

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