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A photograph of a puja at an outdoor ground-level ritual site on woven mats. In the foreground a young man in a white shirt and grey trousers, with glasses, kneels and sprinkles or places small white offerings from his cupped hands. Around him stand devotees: a woman in a white sari with grey border at right, an older woman in a red sari with a red bindi and black mangalsutra, a man in a checked shirt, a man in a grey plaid shirt, and a woman in white at left with folded hands. Behind them other onlookers stand. On the floor before him are a brass bell, a silver lamp, a tray of bananas, a basket of oranges and fruit, white and red flower garlands, and a carved wooden object, with petals scattered on the mat. A puja or bhoomi puja ceremony before groundbreaking.

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