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A photograph of a Makara Sankranti scene under a thatched and tin-roofed shelter with smoke drifting through the frame. In the foreground a seated man in an orange-yellow garment and a pink head cloth, wearing a flower garland and beaded bracelets, holds a long stick with a bell-like ornament while a woman in a red blouse and checked shawl pours turmeric or yellow powder from a brass vessel onto a flower-decorated pot balanced on his head, with a peacock feather tucked in. Behind them a decorated shrine holds a deity murti with garlands, and colourful paper diamonds and strings hang overhead. The scene appears to be a ritual blessing rather than an identifiable named figure.

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