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Outdoor ritual at a temple setting with palm trees behind. A bronze kalasha-style vessel with white jasmine garlands and orange-red flower garlands stands on the left. In the centre, a man in a saffron-orange and red dhoti with red flower garlands holds an orange and blue parasol above him, while a second man on the right, bare-chested with white ash marks, pours from a silver vessel into a metal plate held by an attendant. Other ritual attendants in red and orange cloth stand nearby, and a bare-chested man sits on a red platform in the background. Ritual pouring and worship with a parasol and garlanded vessel.

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