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A night photograph of a fireworks celebration in an outdoor compound. Showers of bright white sparks and smoke fill the right side of the frame as fireworks burn on the ground. Several people in white clothes, some with yellow shawls, stand along a dirt path near a fence and flowering marigolds. A young girl in a white dress holds a small sparkler at the lower left, beside a white bucket. A few more people in white walk in the background under soft lights. No specific deity, throne or ritual peetha is visible.

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