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Night photograph of an outdoor evening ceremony with a crowd seated on rows of dark chairs in the foreground. A figure in orange-saffron robes stands at centre, carrying or holding a lit flame, with a second flame glowing behind. Strings of small lamps and tall white vertical lights line the scene, and a decorated canopy or umbrella-like structure is visible in the background. Motion blur softens many of the people and lights in the background.

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A blurred night-time photo of a crowded outdoor event lit by bright floodlights on tall poles. Several people in saffron-orange robes move through the crowd, and one figure in the centre holds a glowing fire-lamp or torch. Rows of stone or concrete blocks sit in the foreground, with a dense crowd of devotees standing behind a railing. Strings of small lights hang on the left. The motion blur suggests a procession or ritual circumambulation.2008-05-19May 19 20082008-05-19Night photograph of an outdoor ceremony with rows of seated devotees in white clothes facing a raised platform. Several saffron-robed priests stand on the platform holding lit oil lamps and ritual items, with tall vertical poles and strings of small lights illuminating the scene. Bright white lamps light the open ground, and the background is dark. No individual can be confidently identified as the a person from appearance.2008-05-19May 19 20082008-05-19May 19 20082008-05-19May 19 20082008-05-19May 19 20082008-05-19May 19 20082008-05-19May 19 20082008-05-19Night photograph of an outdoor ritual at a person Poornima celebrations. Rows of seated devotees in white clothes face a central walkway, with black shivalingam-shaped stone forms visible in the foreground rows. Several men in saffron and orange robes stand along the walkway near an illuminated aarti or oil-lamp offering, and a lit ritual lamp glows at the center. Tall white light tubes and strings of small lights illuminate the dark scene. No individual's identity is confirmed from appearance; roles shown are devotees, priests and attendants.2008-05-19A nighttime outdoor gathering at a large open ground lit by tall white fluorescent tube lights on poles and strings of small bulbs. Several figures in saffron-orange robes stand among rows of seated devotees in white clothing, with small flames burning at ground level near the front. Tall wooden poles with orange banners rise in the background against a dark sky. Many people are seated in rows across the foreground.2008-05-19Night photograph of an outdoor ritual at a large open ground, with bright vertical white floodlights and a row of blazing oil lamps and torches along a red-railed barrier. Several men in saffron-orange robes stand at the barrier, some holding lamps or torches aloft, while a dense rows of seated devotees in white clothes fill the foreground. Saffron flags and a few string lights are visible in the background against a dark sky. Smoke rises near the fires. The scene suggests an evening aarti or lamp-lighting ceremony. No single saffron-robed figure's appearance clearly matches a specific identity, so they are described by role as devotees and priests.2008-05-19