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Outdoor temple ritual at a shrine labelled 'Sri Anandeshwar Mandir' under strings of orange and yellow triangular bunting and banana leaves. A man in orange robes, seated centre, holds a ladle over a sunken square fire pit or kund edged with marigold petals. Two women in white saris sit before it, one pouring from a bowl, another holding an offering dish; a woman in white at the far left prepares food on a banana leaf. A deity murti draped in a garland stands on an orange base at right, with a kalasha and flower offerings nearby. Woven rugs cover the ground. Several people in white and a standing figure in blue move in the background. a person candidacy is not established by appearance, so the orange-robed priest is described by role only.

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