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A photograph of a group of people standing in an outdoor courtyard beside a large, ancient banyan tree with dense aerial roots hanging from its branches. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with a topknot and a dark beard wears a rust-red wrap and a long rudraksha mala, and he faces the group. A woman in a rust-red sari with a gold necklace points upward toward the tree while others listen. Men in white dhotis and white shirts, one wearing a rudraksha mala, stand nearby, and a man in a pale green kurta with a red-and-brown rudraksha mala and a red tilak on his forehead stands at right. A woman in an orange garment stands behind them. A red-painted low wall encircles the tree base, and a partially visible garlanded statue appears at the lower right edge. Six people are visible.

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