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A night photograph of an outdoor-roofed hall decorated with hanging paper lanterns, tassel decorations and green garlands for Deepavali. On a raised platform at the centre, a large deity murti stands beside a seated figure; oil lamps burn on the platform steps. Several people in white and saffron clothing kneel in front of the platform performing a puja, one holding a tray of offerings and a conch-like arrangement of lamps. A seated audience of many devotees in colourful saris and kurtas fills the foreground on the floor. A man in an orange shirt stands at the left-centre facing the platform. A small screen at the top left shows a figure in a red and white outfit. An appearance-based candidate for a person is not clearly visible, so the identity is left uncertain.

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