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Outdoor ground-breaking ceremony in a crowd of devotees. At centre, a figure in orange saffron robes with long dark hair, a red-and-white flower garland and a rudraksha-style mala stands at a square brick-edged pit of sand scattered with pink petals, holding a long ritual rod. A second figure in orange robes kneels at right beside a tray of flowers and brass items. Brass pots and a flat metal pan sit at the pit's edges. Behind them, dozens of people in white kurtas and white dhotis stand with hands raised in namaskar, and a large black stage structure is visible at upper right. Count is tallied from visible people.