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Night outdoor ritual at a temple-style ground with rows of black Shivalinga-shaped stone forms covered in white cloth set on the ground in front. Two white pillars stand at left and centre, and string lights are strung across the back. Priests in white dhotis stand among the crowd, one at centre raising a lit lamp or torch high and another at right holding a flaming lamp. Seated devotees in white clothing fill the background, lit by overhead street lamps.

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