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Outdoor ritual photo in bright daylight beneath palm trees. A bare-chested man with long dark hair and a rust-brown cloth wrapped at the waist stands at right, one arm raised to lay a leafy bundle atop a large ornately carved bronze-brown kalasha-style vessel or shrine structure. The vessel is festooned with white jasmine garlands and red and yellow flower garlands and has a carved stone or metal base. To the left, a second bare-chested man with hair tied up and a white dhoti with gold border stands watching, with a small cloth bag at his waist. Small figures of onlookers appear at the bottom edge.

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