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Outdoor ritual procession on a dusty ground at a construction site, with brick rubble and a sand heap behind. Several men in plain white dhotis and shirts hold ornate umbrellas and yellow-orange ceremonial flags on poles. In the centre, a man in orange robes and an orange-saffron head covering stands on a mat, with another orange-robed figure beside him. A woman in an orange sari with long dark hair walks barefoot toward the right, smiling. On the mat in front lie offerings: coconuts, bananas, bundled sticks, and brass plates of grains and flowers, plus a small brick pit. Trees and a dark-roofed building fill the background.

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