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Students in saffron and orange robes sit cross-legged on a stone-floored temple veranda, many holding plates of sweets or offerings. In the foreground a woman in orange sari holds a plate of food. A large bronze vessel filled with white flower petals sits at centre. Behind them, a tall dark-skinned figure in an orange robe sits on a raised platform at a wooden desk with papers, near brass lamps, trident-topped ritual stands and hanging brass bells. Columns with white wrapping and a potted tree frame the open courtyard. A man in white dhoti and shawl stands at left. The scene appears to be a gurukul inauguration or ritual gathering.

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