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Outdoor ritual gathering on a sandy open ground under a corrugated shade canopy. Shaven-headed men and women in white dhotis and saris sit cross-legged on striped woven mats facing a small shrine with a dark stone structure, a deity murti decorated with garlands, and a yellow-and-orange cloth drape. Yellow and red umbrella-like ornaments flank the shrine. A few standing attendants in white move near the shrine, and a camera on a tripod records the scene. Trees and a low red-brick boundary wall with fencing frame the background. Many people sit with bare chests and white shawls, while a woman in a red-orange shawl sits in the foreground.

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