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Night outdoor festival scene with devotees holding small brass oil lamps with flames, lit by string lights of green, purple and blue bokeh overhead. In the foreground a young man with short brown hair, bare-chested and wearing an orange dhoti and a thin necklace, extends a lit lamp toward the camera while sitting in a row. Beside him a young woman in a dark sleeveless top with a bindi holds a lamp, and other devotees, some in saffron-toned or white garments, hold lamps and sit along the rows. Black cushions or mats are visible in front of them. The mood is a Karthigai Deepam style lamp offering. Watermarked credit omitted.

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