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Outdoor photo of three people seated in a shaded grove among hanging aerial roots and tree trunks. On the left a man in an all-white kurta and dhoti sits on a low red-painted ledge with hands folded. Beside him a woman in a light blue salwar kameez holds a yellow handbag. On the right a young man in white kurta and dhoti with a green-bordered cloth sits on a flat rock, hands clasped, with a small badge on his chest. Behind them lie a metal bench, red soil embankment and green foliage. No deity, a person candidate or ritual object is visible.

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