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A priest seated on the ground performs a ritual at a doorway of a carved wooden temple. He is bare-chested with white ash markings on his arms and chest, wearing a green head-wrap, a gold-bordered blue and yellow cloth draped over his shoulder, white dhoti, and beaded necklaces. He holds a small ritual implement over a decorated setup of white and lavender cloths, yellow and orange flowers, brass oil lamps, and a bundle of yellow-painted bricks topped with red and orange flowers. Brass vessels and plates sit on the ground in front. Several onlookers in saffron and white stand in the dim doorway behind him.

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