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A man in an orange garment stands waist-deep in rippling water, smiling with both arms outstretched, palms open. He wears a long garland of white flowers and red beads with a yellow ribbon, and a gold-bead necklace across his chest. Behind him to the right, another person in white clothing is partly visible in the water. In the lower right foreground is a small ornate metal kalasha-style vessel on the water's edge. Scattered flower petals float on the surface.

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