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Outdoor river ritual beside a clear stream under tropical trees. At centre, a figure in a red-and-gold turban and red-gold garment sits before a silver-framed platform, wearing a white flower garland and gold necklace, smiling. Men in white dhotis with red shoulder cloths hold red and gold parasols over the seated figure and stand with hands folded in anjali. Seated devotees in white and red saris surround the scene, several holding brass plates and offerings. A woman in a red-and-gold sari sits in the foreground. The scene appears to be a puja or abhishekam by the water.

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