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Outdoor ritual procession under a corrugated roof decorated with orange triangular pennants, green leaf garlands and yellow marigold strings. A central figure in an orange saffron garment with a white and maroon flower garland and a gold-coloured necklace walks toward the foreground, with a long swept-back hairstyle and a shawl draped over the shoulder. Around him, men in white dhotis and white shirts, some with orange shawls, carry brass trays, baskets and kalasha-style pots, and several hold their hands together in greeting. The ground has a square tiered platform of white bricks and a second brick structure on the right, with rows of small brass lamps or dishes arranged on the floor. In the lower right, a brass puja tray with a small lamp sits on a woven mat. Onlookers stand along the back and right edge near a white structure. The scene suggests a temple consecration or ritual circumambulation.

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