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Outdoor bhumi puja at a dug foundation pit. A bearded man with long dark hair, wearing a rust-brown robe, a rudraksha mala and a long multicolour flower garland, stands barefoot at the pit edge smiling. A priest in white dhoti with a gold border, bare-chested, stands at left facing him and pours from a brass vessel. Behind, men in white dhotis and orange-clad drummers stand on grass; one holds a small drum. A red-and-yellow ceremonial canopy fringe appears top left. Bricks, petals and dug soil fill the pit foreground.

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