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Outdoor ceremonial welcome at a white building entrance flanked by banana plants with green bunches and broad leaves. A red carpet strewn with petals leads to the doorway. A line of women in saffron and cream saris holds brass trays of flowers and offerings. In the foreground right, a man in a white shirt holds a silver tray of white jasmine and red flowers, wearing a rudraksha mala and a wristwatch. A man in white with dark glasses and a rudraksha mala stands at left beside a purple gate. Several bystanders are partly visible, with a woman in a blue sari standing on the carpet. Classified as a scene of reception with flower offerings, not a clear puja.

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