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Outdoor ritual scene beneath a large spreading tree at an ashram courtyard. A bare-chested man in ochre-saffron dhoti and shawl with a red-and-gold trim stands on the left, hands folded in prayer, wearing a white-and-red floral garland. Two shaven-headed priests in saffron robes stand at a raised red-legged table draped with a blue-and-maroon cloth, offering items and pouring from a metal vessel. A dark stone deity murti of Shiva with a trident-like form and a decorated arch stand to the right, garlanded with green leaves. A shorter man in white dhoti with rudraksha mala assists at the table base, and a brass vessel sits on the ground. Several more people in saffron appear in the background. Abhishekam-style puja with offerings.

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