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Outdoor ritual scene at a temple-style celebration with a crowd behind. In the foreground an orange-draped altar holds a carved watermelon, a golden kalasha-style pot, bowls of grains and kumkum, plates of fruit, cake and flower garlands. A young man in white clothes with an orange shawl and rudraksha mala holds a silver tray of white and yellow flowers, while a woman in a cream sari with a mala smiles and holds her hands together in greeting. Another woman in a red sari with a mala joins her palms. Arms are raised around them, some holding flower-decorated poles, in a festival procession atmosphere. A man with a shaved head in a white shirt and dhoti stands at the edge, and a figure in orange cloth is at the right. No clearly identifiable a person appearance is visible.

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