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Outdoor ground-breaking ritual on bare dry earth at a construction site. A person with shaved head, bare upper body and an orange saffron cloth wrapped around the body bends forward over a stone foundation, hands extended toward a brass dish holding flowers, kumkum and offerings. A green-glazed clay pot wrapped with white jasmine garlands stands beside three cut granite blocks, with a wooden stick laid across them. A woman in a cream and yellow sari with a patterned border stands behind with palms pressed together in namaste. A man in white dhoti and white shirt with an orange shawl, holding a plate of flowers, stands at right. A red-and-orange flower garland lies at lower left, and a small boy in a red shirt watches from the left. Iron gate and fence in background. Depicted with a probable identification of a person from the saffron cloth, bare chest and bent posture, though the face is not clearly visible.

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