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Evening outdoor scene at dusk with many brass oil lamps (deepams) lit on the paved ground, including tall ornate brass lamps with peacock-shaped tops in the foreground. Rows of smaller lamps stand around the courtyard. Behind them, a black Shivalinga is decorated with a yellow-and-green flower garland, sitting on a red tiered peetha lined with lit oil lamps. Several people in white clothing sit and stand in the background near the shrine, and a red-and-white pillar with a lamp-lit top rises at right. Colourful kolam chalk designs are on the ground, and strings of lights hang in the trees.

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Dusk at an outdoor temple courtyard during an evening lamp ceremony. Rows of tall brass oil lamps with peacock-shaped tops and lit flames stand on a paved floor, with a rangoli design visible at the lower left. Devotees in white garments move among the lamps; a woman in a white sari with a yellow border stands centre right, and a man in white shirt and white dhoti walks in the foreground. Monks in orange and saffron robes stand at the back right. Strings of multicolour lights and palm trees frame the scene, and a few people are seen under umbrellas at the far left.2015-11-25Night photograph of a courtyard during Karthigai deepam lighting. Foreground brass oil lamps on tall stands, some with peacock-shaped tops, are lit with flames. Behind them, rows of small oil lamps line a red tiered platform, and a string of multicoloured lights hangs in the dark. Several people in white clothing sit on the ground, and a few figures in saffron/orange robes stand nearby. A colourful rangoli design is visible on the floor.2015-11-25November 25 20152015-11-25October 11 20112011-10-11Outdoors on a paved courtyard at dusk, a line of tall brass oil lamps with bird-shaped finials stands on a white rangoli floral kolam decorated with red and blue petals. Behind them a row of devotees in white clothes, several women in white saris and a man in a white shirt and dhoti, stand in attendance near a red-walled building. Other people in orange and white clothing are visible further back.2015-11-25December 12 20162016-12-12May 16 20152015-05-16 +1 copiesOctober 12 20152015-10-12A tall ornate brass lamp stand with many tiers of small oil lamps lit and a rooster-shaped finial dominates a ceremonial tent. Behind it, a seated audience in white and cream clothes with red-and-gold shawls watches attentively under yellow draped fabric. On the left, a shaved-headed priest in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha beads presses his palms together in devotion, and on the right a woman in a white sari with red border sits with her hands folded. A red digital clock is visible on the tent wall.2015-07-06November 25 20152015-11-25May 05 20152015-05-05 +1 copiesJanuary 21 20132013-01-21