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Night outdoor puja at Tiruvannamalai. A priest in white dhoti with a shaved head holds a lit oil lamp before a framed portrait of a woman in orange garments with a garland, set on a white-draped table with brass lamps. Devotees stand and kneel with palms pressed together under a street light, including women in green, teal and pink saris and a girl in orange. Seated figures in white and a girl with a long braid sit on a red-and-white striped platform. Flowers and a kumkum-marked plate lie at the base of the framed portrait. The scene is a photograph of ritual worship.

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