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Outdoors under palm trees, a bare-shouldered man in a rust-red and orange-striped dhoti with a red flower garland leans forward, one hand on the knee, while holding a rope that hangs from a carved reddish-brown stone pillar (kalasha-topped) decorated with white jasmine garlands and red tassels. A red mat lies on the platform. At right, a seated man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala watches. A person with a camera stands behind the pillar. Sunlight glares over the scene. Attributes: rope-pulling or tying ritual at a stone pillar, possibly a ceremonial pillar puja.

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