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A dense night crowd of devotees fills a temple-festival area lit by strings of red lights. Most men wear white shirts and white dhotis, and several older men wear rudraksha malas. A man in the centre-foreground in a white striped shirt holds a long stick and wears a mala. Behind him, a woman in an orange-yellow sari stands near a man in a blue-and-white striped shirt. At left, two people carry teal trays of offerings, one with a large white mound and yellow fruit. The crowd is packed tightly with faces visible across the frame and no clear central figure on a stage.

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