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Night photograph of an outdoor ritual at a person Poornima celebrations. Rows of seated devotees in white clothes face a central walkway, with black shivalingam-shaped stone forms visible in the foreground rows. Several men in saffron and orange robes stand along the walkway near an illuminated aarti or oil-lamp offering, and a lit ritual lamp glows at the center. Tall white light tubes and strings of small lights illuminate the dark scene. No individual's identity is confirmed from appearance; roles shown are devotees, priests and attendants.

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