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A man with shoulder-length dreadlocks, bare-chested except for a white dhoti and a shawl draped over his lap, sits on a raised platform beside a large dark stone or metal dome decorated with red, orange, yellow and white marigold garlands. He wears a brown rudraksha mala, a long necklace with gold beads, and a small red bindi on his forehead, with white horizontal markings on his arms and chest. He holds a silver kalasha-style vessel in one hand. A young woman with braided hair and a white forehead mark sits behind him, also wearing beaded necklaces, and a silver vessel rests beside her. The scene appears to be an outdoor ritual. Both people sit on a white metal railed platform beneath green trees.

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