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Outdoor ritual photograph of a large copper ceremonial pillar or kalasha-like column wrapped with rope and capped with bundled grass stalks and a white cloth with red and green borders. The copper base is a carved pedestal decorated with white jasmine garlands and red flowers. On the right, a bare-chested man with long dark hair wears a red-brown dhoti and a red shawl, with flower garlands around his neck, placing both hands on the copper structure. On the left, a man in an orange garment with a beaded necklace holds up a white cloth over the pillar. Behind them, another figure in orange stands near palm trees and greenery, and a striped cloth covers the ground.

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