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Outdoor shed with red-painted walls decorated with white kolam line patterns. A woman in a blue-and-white block-print saddle-style sari and a blue shawl, with a long braid, stands on the left looking toward a black-and-white spotted cow tied under the thatched roof. Banana leaves and sugarcane stalks are arranged as decorations around the cow, and a woman in a red sari stands behind it near a small offering. A clay pot sits on the ground in front. The setting suggests a Mattu Pongal cattle-worship celebration, though the image itself shows only the cow, decorations and people.

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