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Outdoor riverside ritual at a water's edge with a large ornate parasol canopy in red, yellow and blue with gold motifs and tassels. A man in white robes bends under the canopy, reaching toward the water near a central figure. Around them stand many people in white clothes, including women in white saris and a woman in orange, with some holding small plates or offerings. In the lower right, a seated figure in orange robes sits on an orange cushion near the water, and a young man in orange sits at lower left beside a bottle of water. A woman in pink-magenta sari stands at left. Trees and a fence stand in the background, and small floating offerings dot the water.

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