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Outdoors on bare dry ground, a bhoomi pooja is performed inside a square of cinder blocks laid out on the earth. A woman in a red sari with a long garland stands at the centre, arms raised, holding a ritual item. Nearby, a man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala kneels at the ground, tending brass pots and a small brass vessel. Another man in orange robes stands at the right, and a tall orange-robed man with a bald head and rudraksha mala stands to the left, hands folded. Around the square, a large crowd of about thirty people in white dhotis and shirts, some wearing lanyards, watch and raise their hands. Brass pots with mango leaves and a kalasha-style arrangement sit within the blocks, with rose petals scattered over the sand and a tray of petals on the right. A large black screen and utility poles stand in the background under a pale sky.

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