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Outdoor photo beneath a large spreading tree with green leaves. In the centre, a figure in an orange-saffron robe and matching orange head wrap leans forward, pressing or stirring a long bamboo-like pole into a square concrete base or pit at ground level. Nearby, a man in a red cap and white sleeveless vest watches, and two men in white kurta-style clothing stand behind at a raised concrete platform. Loose red earth, a dug hole and a blue bag lie on the ground. The scene suggests a ritual installation at a sacred tree site, but the figure's identity is not established by visible cues beyond the orange robe and head wrap.

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