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Outdoor temple ritual on a dirt ground beside a palm-lined road. Four men stand at a rangoli design with coloured powder patterns and banana-leaf plates holding white rice, lemon halves and sliced items. The man on the left wears a yellow dhoti with green and purple borders and a red cloth over his shoulder. The bare-chested man second from left in a white dhoti holds a brass plate with yellow turmeric and a small spoon. The man in a white dhoti with red border takes items from a woven basket of red offerings. At right, a man in an orange-saffron shawl and dhoti holds the basket. Plastic chairs, parked vehicles and a partly built concrete structure appear in the background.

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