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Outdoors on bare dirt ground beside a green metal gate and fence, a bare-chested figure in a flowing saffron-orange wrap bends forward over a small granite foundation stone, with a brass pot, white jasmine garlands, a coconut and a red-orange flower garland at its base. A woman in a cream and yellow patterned sari stands with palms pressed together in namaste, and a man in white shirt with hands folded watches. On the right a man in white dhoti and orange shawl holds a plate of offerings and rice. Four boys in casual clothes stand behind near the gate with hands clasped. The figure bowing over the stone appears to be a person in saffron wrap with distinctive long hair.

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