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A photograph of a black-and-white cow with a rope halter, decorated with a garland of yellow marigolds and a red-and-gold embroidered cloth draped on its back, being greeted outdoors. A man in white dhoti and shawl with gold borders, wearing a wristwatch and gold bangle, extends his hand to the cow's muzzle while a woman in a red-bordered sari and orange blouse smiles beside it. Behind them, several men in white ceremonial clothes stand watching, and two young men in white with yellow garlands and tonsured heads are at the right edge. Orange-roofed buildings and trees are in the background. The setting appears to be a temple or ashram courtyard.