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Outdoor festival scene before a wooded hill. A central figure with long dark hair wears an orange saffron robe and a green-and-white garland, seated on an ornate patterned armchair atop red-and-white striped steps, with bare feet. Behind him are rows of small black Shivalingam shrines. To the left stands a man in a white kurta with glasses, and to the right an older man in white dhoti and shirt. Large dark clay pots sit in the foreground, a white cloth lies on the step, and a long metal rod or ladle extends across the frame. A low red-roofed building and palm trees appear behind.

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