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A photograph of an outdoor ritual beneath large trees. A man seated on a mat wears an orange turban, bare-chested with an orange-saffron cloth draped over his shoulder and an orange dhoti, and is tending a garland of white and yellow flowers. Behind him, a second person in white clothing is partly visible. In front of the seated man, brass vessels, a kalasha-like pot, a brass lamp stand and a flower-filled plate sit on a red and gold mat, and a small flame burns in a brass dish. Behind them stands a black stone deity murti draped in red cloth and garlanded, set on a rough rock platform beneath a gold-framed arch with a coloured canopy overhead. A white and black snake-shaped sculpture encircles the platform, with its head at the front. The page excerpt names Adi KAILASA, Bengaluru, but the photo itself carries no legible text beyond a handwritten date mark on the mat.

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