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Outdoor ritual on a sandy site framed by a square of grey concrete blocks scattered with pink flower petals. A man in a long-sleeved white kurta and white dhoti kneels at left, pouring milk from a brass pot, while beside him an orange-robed sannyasi pours from a brass kalasha. A tall man in an orange shawl with a long-sleeved orange kurta and a garland of white and pink flowers stands at centre with hands folded in namaskar. Other orange-robed figures and a crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis stand behind, watching; a video camera operator is at far left. Trees and a dark rectangular screen stand in the background.

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