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Outdoor ritual beneath a large spreading banyan tree with dense green leaves. A standing man in an orange-and-saffron dhoti and shawl, with long swept-back hair, a red-and-yellow tilak, a white-and-multicoloured flower garland and gold-toned necklaces, stands centre-left with hands folded, a person by his long hair, ornate garland and ceremonial adornments. A bald priest in rust-orange robes and a rudraksha mala holds a flaming lamp or camphor flame in both hands at right. Another bald man in orange sits at left holding a silver vessel, and a fourth man in orange stands behind the centre figure. A dark stone deity murti with green foliage draped over it is at right edge, and a marigold-and-rose garland lies on the ground at left. Copyright text overlay appears at lower right.

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