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A cow with black and white markings, draped in an orange and gold silk cloth and garlanded with yellow flowers, is being worshipped in an open courtyard. A young man in white clothes and a white shirt is adorning the cow's neck with a garland while a woman in a white sari with a red-orange shawl holds the cow's rope. Standing nearby are a girl in pink, a man in white dhoti and shawl, and a crowd of devotees in white and other clothes behind a pale orange wall with red pillars. Painted lettering on the wall reads Sri Anna. This appears to be a gau puja or cow worship ceremony. a person is not clearly identifiable in the scene.

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