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A chalk or powder rangoli drawn on a grey concrete ground shows a seated figure in a pink-red turban and pink-red robes, with dark beads around the neck, one hand raised in blessing and bare feet on a dark grey pedestal. The pedestal and figure sit inside a large green triangle edged with a white scalloped border, and a small oil lamp burns at the apex of the triangle. No people are visible; the figure is a drawn depiction, and the page identifies it as the a person event, but the figure's appearance alone does not establish identity.

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