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A riverside scene on a stone ghat beside a wide, muddy river with green trees along the far bank. In the foreground, a figure with hair tied back in a bun wears a sleeveless orange robe wrapped at the waist and stands barefoot facing a small stone deity murti of a seated bull (Nandi) with yellow flower petals and red offerings. Behind, a woman in orange shawl and blue top stands beside another woman in orange shawl, and a man in white kneels operating a camera on a tripod-like rig. A red-railed metal landing stage extends over the water at right. Four people are visible in total.

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