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Photograph inside a temple hall during the Karthikai Deepam festival at the Arunachaleshwara Temple, Tiruvannamalai. Tall brass oil lamps, many lit, line the left side, and rows of yellow and red marigold garlands hang in swags from the ceiling beside a row of unlit lamps. Behind a metal railing, a crowd of men stands and sits; several wear white dhotis and shirts, and one man in a checked shirt stands at center right. Carved stone pillars with swastika motifs frame the scene, and a seated man in the foreground wears a striped shirt.

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