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A photograph of an outdoor groundbreaking or excavation at a dry, reddish-brown earth site under a striped awning with maroon, purple, green and white panels. In the foreground, a man in a light blue checked shirt and grey trousers with thin-framed glasses and a vermilion mark on his forehead stands looking down. A shirtless man in white dhoti-style shorts kneels in a pit, digging with his hands. Behind the pit, a group of onlookers in white shirts and dhotis, women in saris, and children watch. Under the awning, a seated figure in saffron and maroon robes with a rudraksha mala sits on a patterned mat, flanked by other saffron-clad attendants. The ground is dug into a clear rectangular pit with pale sides.

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