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Outdoor photograph beneath a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots. A man in a long orange robe and orange headwear raises a lit oil lamp with flames high in his right hand, while a bell is held nearby. Beside him, a person in orange robes and pink shawl holds a small bell and presses palms together. Around them, several men in white dhotis and shirts, a bare-chested elderly man with white tilak markings and beads, and a child in yellow stand with hands folded in prayer. On the right foreground is a brass lamp and a tray with flowers and offerings on a stone platform. The scene shows a puja with an oil lamp and bell under the banyan tree.

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