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A young male trainee sits cross-legged on bare earth inside a circular ring of dung-cake fuel with small flames burning along its edge, a pattern of fire. He wears a white dhoti and white shirt with an orange saffron shawl draped over his shoulders, and holds a small clay bowl with grains or ash beside him. Behind him is a partly built brick structure and scattered bricks. Eyes lowered, he appears absorbed in the ritual. A faint translucent purple umbrella-like shape appears in the upper left corner.

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