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Outdoor ritual scene on a paved courtyard with pink, purple and green striped mats spread on the ground. In the centre a seated figure with long dark hair, bare-shouldered and wearing an orange cloth, sits before a grey stone slab and a pile of soil, with brass pots, a green coconut and fruit set out as offerings. To the left, two people in orange cloths bend and tend the offerings while a third person holds a striped parasol-like canopy. On the right, a shirtless man with hair tied up in a bun and an orange dhoti and shawl stands beside a red and white striped pole. A green tractor and a red-walled enclosure with palm trees sit in the background.

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