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Night photograph of an outdoor temple festival. A brightly lit shrine on the left, with an illuminated deity murti or decorated figure and flames or lamps burning at its base, is set beside a dark stone platform. A woman in a red-orange sari stands near the centre-left in front of the lit shrine. Below, a large dense crowd of devotees sits on stone steps and on the ground, many in white clothes, with a few people holding small lights. Tall lamp posts and bare trees are visible in the background. A date stamp in orange digits reads 12.06.2008 22:55 and a copyright line appears in the corner.

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