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Outdoor ceremony on bare ground at dusk. A person in saffron-orange robes with long dark hair and a yellow-and-white marigold garland kneels at the centre-right, placing a hand on a white stone-like block and a carved wooden pillar wrapped in white and yellow flower garlands. Around the block lie bananas, apples, a small brass dish, coconut pieces, scattered petals and an upright pink-and-white garland. Behind, several men in white kurta and dhoti and women in colourful saris stand watching, one holding a bundle and a metal bucket sits at left. This looks like a foundation-stone laying ritual with flower offerings.

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