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Outdoors under a corrugated metal roof, a long-haired figure in a rust-orange garment with a gold waist band and a bare upper body reaches toward a tall ornate copper or brass kalasha-like vessel wrapped with white cloth and topped with green leaves. Red and white flower garlands hang down its carved sides, and thin ribbon streamers are tied around it. A second man in a rust-orange robe with a rudraksha mala and a shaved head stands at right, holding up ribbons. Gold bangles adorn the first figure's arms. This appears to be a ritual decoration or abhishekam-style preparation of a sacred vessel.

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