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Outdoor photograph on a dirt path lined with stones beneath tall trees, with a banyan trunk at left. A man in a dark green dhoti with a gold border and a gold-bordered shawl over his bare upper body, wearing red and beaded necklaces and bangles, holds a lit oil lamp in one hand and a small bell in the other while walking forward. Behind him, a second man in a white dhoti and white shawl with a white forehead band and beaded necklace carries a metal plate of white offerings. Tie to the page: a person cues are the central figure's dark swept-back hair, red beaded necklaces and adornments, and gold-bordered green attire, but his face cannot be confirmed from appearance, so this is an appearance-based candidate only. The scene depicts a lamp-and-bell procession, consistent with a ritual walk.

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