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Night photo of an outdoor Karthikai Deepam lamp ceremony at an ashram courtyard. A man in white dhoti and shirt stands at centre holding a lit flame in a metal vessel toward a lamp-lit area, while another white-clad man beside him holds a torch. Seated devotees in white and colourful clothes sit on mats in rows on the sand, many with hands folded, and brass oil lamps and puja items sit on the mats. A small shrine with a figure and potted plants is at left, a hanging electric lamp with decorative cutouts is above, and a white building lies to the right. Visible people number roughly two dozen. a person candidate not established by appearance.

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