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Outdoor ceremony beneath a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. A central figure in a rust-red dhoti and matching shawl, wearing a red-and-orange turban, a gold necklace, a rudraksha-style mala and a white-and-red garland, walks barefoot across a stone path. Two attendants in saffron-orange dhotis stand on either side, one holding a white ceremonial parasol at left. Behind them a crowd of devotees in white and red-brown clothes stands watching. A striped cloth lies on the stone at lower right, and a video camera is visible at left. Appearance-based a person cues include the turban, gold ornaments and garland, with the figure being honoured in a Pada Puja-style ceremony.

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