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A standing man in a rust-red dhoti with gold borders and a matching red-brown upper cloth stands before a massive banyan tree with many aerial roots. He wears a multicoloured flower garland of red, yellow, white and blue beads, gold bangles and a gold ornamental necklace, with a red tilak on his forehead. He extends one arm toward a low curved stone platform, while a brass vessel with leaves and scattered petals sits at the lower left on the ground. The scene is an outdoor shrine area in daylight.

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