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Outdoor ritual procession at dusk beside a concrete wall and palm trees, with a yellow excavator partly visible at left. Several young men wear saffron-orange dhoti-style cloths, rudraksha malas and white vibhuti stripes on their faces and chests. Two players beat drums: a barrel drum at left and a round frame drum at centre. A shirtless young man at right holds a lit oil lamp flame in his raised hand. Another young man in white dhoti and a dark green cloth stands beside the drummers. A young man in the foreground carries a long staff, and marigold-yellow flowers appear at lower right.

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