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A seated bearded man with long dark hair piled on his head, wearing a rust-orange cloth over his shoulders and an orange-red dhoti, holds a clear plastic box of grains or seeds and reaches his hand out over brass ritual lamps and a wooden casket with gold-patterned trim. Brass oil lamps, a brass trident and a tall wooden post stand beside him. A young girl in orange saree kneels with her hands together near the brass lamps, and a few more people in orange clothing stand behind, with a leopard-print cushion on the right and a reddish wall behind. Ritual setting.

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