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A home altar photographed from above during Karthigai Deepam, with a lit clay oil lamp in the foreground filled with oil and wicks. The altar is draped in leopard-print cloth and decorated with bright yellow and purple flowers, white jasmine, and red-and-green garlands strung with rudraksha beads. Two painted-clay figures in orange turbans and ornate gold necklaces sit at the left, one with a raised hand. Brass figures of Ganesha and other deities stand among the flowers, with a small temple picture behind, and a brass kalasha and ladle appear at upper right. No people are visible in the scene.