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Outdoor ritual photograph beside a tall ornate wooden pillar wrapped in garlands of white jasmine and red flowers, topped with a bundle of straw and green leaves, with a gold kalasha-like finial and a tied rope. A person in saffron/orange robes with a long wrapped dark hair knot, wearing red flower garlands and a rudraksha-style mala, holds a small aarti or incense holder from which smoke rises while holding a small handbell in the other hand. Palm trees and greenery surround the scene. a person: the figure bears long hair in a swept-back knot and saffron clothing with garlands, consistent with a person depiction, though the face is not identifiable from this view. Text in the lower right reads a copyright credit.

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