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Outdoor photo of a bhoomi puja ceremony on bare ground. A central figure with long dark hair wears an orange robe and a multicoloured flower garland, standing barefoot before a upright iron trident-like rod set in the ground. Pink and white flower petals are scattered around the base, and a brass plate with flowers and offerings sits to the right. A man in an orange robe kneels at the lower right, arranging flowers. Behind them a large crowd of men and women in white dhotis, saris and shirts stands watching; a man at the far left in orange holds a staff and a flat ceremonial drum. A black board stands in the background under a pale sky.

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