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Outdoor ritual beside a tall ornate copper kalasha topped with a bundle of straw and green leaves, wrapped in garlands of red and yellow marigolds. A bare-shouldered priest in a rust-orange cloth stands at right holding a rope and a tray, while a man in orange dhoti with gold necklace and red-and-white flower garland stands center-left beside the vessel. A palm tree and foliage fill the background under bright sunlight. Several onlookers in white and dark clothing watch from the left edge, and a drum is partly visible near a lower garland. The centre figure's appearance is uncertain and no legible name is shown on the scene itself, so he is described by role only.

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