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Ritual scene inside a hall with unfinished concrete walls, banana-leaf decorations and colourful painted pillars. In the foreground a bare-chested man with an orange-yellow cloth, rudraksha mala and sandalwood forehead marks sits on a red mat beside brass plates of kumkum, rice and offerings, and oil lamps. Around him seated men in white dhotis wear gold necklaces and a standing man in pink and white attends nearby. To the right is a large floral arrangement of red, pink, yellow and white flowers and garlands with a silver trident and staff standing upright. Appears to be a puja or abhishekam ceremony. Visible people: about six.

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