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Outdoor puja on green grass at the Tiruvannamalai land during a bhoomi puja. A bare-footed person in orange robes stands at left, and a kneeling priest in white dhoti and shirt with a saffron cloth and rudraksha-style beads places offerings on the ground. Silver and brass puja vessels sit on a silver tray with yellow and red powders (kumkum/turmeric), incense sticks, and a brass plate holding small cups and a lamp. A silver water vessel with a handle rests nearby on the grass. No face or head of the orange-robed figure is visible, so the figure is described by role only.

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