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Outdoor photo of a ceremonial copper-plated kalasha-topped structure, a tall tiered copper finial above a wooden-carved pedestal, wrapped with a straw bundle and draped with white jasmine and red rose garlands, yellow marigold strings and banana leaves. A man in a rust-brown dhoti and shawl, long black hair falling down his back, a red-yellow garland around his neck, bracelets on his wrist, reaches up to place a yellow flower on the top. Behind him a younger man in an orange cloth and a rudraksha-style bead necklace holds a brass plate. Trees and a shelter roof are in the background, with colourful striped canopies at the edges.

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