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Night photo of a group of devotees crouched around a flat stone or concrete surface, lighting firecrackers that throw bright sparks at the centre. Several men wear orange and saffron robes and scarves, others wear white kurtas with orange shawls, and a man in a white shirt wears a rudraksha mala. Onlookers stand in shadow behind them, one woman in a teal shawl at left. Lighting is warm and red-toned, with pink light on the right. The individual kneeling in the centre in an orange robe is not identifiable from appearance, and no appearance-based candidate is clear.

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