Outdoor street scene in a town with shopfronts; a red Poomer banner and a Balu Electronics sign hang above. A group of about fifteen people crowd together on a stone step. At left, a bare-chested man in white dhoti with gold border and a sacred thread stands beside a bare pole. A woman in a rust-red sari with gold jewellery and a red bindi gestures while speaking. Next to her, an older woman in a white shawl and floral kurta holds the hand of a young boy with a shaved head, bare torso, white dhoti and rudraksha beads. Several women in white and pale kurtas watch, and at right a woman in an orange top, rudraksha mala and orange skirt stands beside a woman in a white T-shirt and red patterned skirt who raises a red phone to photograph.

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