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Outdoor temple-style ritual under a leafy tree. In the centre, an older man with a shaved head and a dark wrap, wearing a white jasmine garland with red flower accents, a rudraksha mala and gold bangles, raises a silver lamp with a flame toward his face. To his left, two shaved-headed men in saffron-orange robes hold a brass plate of flowers and a brass tray. Behind them, a woman in white and men in white dhotis and orange cloth stand near a white-rimmed stone platform and a small banner. Red and white floral offerings lie in the foreground. Appearance-based candidate for the figure with the lamp is uncertain, so the identity is not asserted.

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