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Outdoor scene beneath large banyan trees with aerial roots and a wide horizontal limb. On the left, a long-haired man in an orange-red wrap and a beaded necklace stands barefoot on a dark polished stone platform with palms pressed together in prayer. In the centre, a bald man in an orange-red robe with a dark shoulder cloth stands near a circular stone-edged enclosure at the tree's base. Stone steps and a low wall surround the trunk; a small sapling stake and orange marks are visible on the left, and a few marigold-like flowers lie near the right stone base. Their roles are devotees or sannyasis; their identity is not established from appearance.

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