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Devotees sit on the ground in a shaded outdoor gathering beneath a large banyan tree with thick aerial roots and spreading branches. Many participants wear white clothing, some in light shirts and trousers, while a few wear orange or red garments. A man in a grey shirt and jeans sits in the foreground beside a plastic water bottle and a folded newspaper, and an older man in a white shirt sits on a low stone bench at left. On the right, a dark stone deity murti draped in an orange cloth sits on a red-painted base near the crowd. A tall pale blue pillar stands among the gathered devotees.

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