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Outdoor evening scene in a courtyard before a red-walled building with a metal railing and concrete steps. On the right, a man in a red-orange dhoti and matching shawl with gold borders, bare-chested with a rudraksha-style necklace and tilak on his forehead, holds up a green coconut-shaped kalasha with a flame burning on top, smiling. In the foreground, a woman with her back to the camera wears a red sari with gold borders and a white flower garland, facing him. At left, another woman in white sits behind a table draped with orange cloth bearing offerings and brass lamps. No clear identifiable a person appearance is established.

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