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Outdoor ritual beneath a large banyan tree with dense aerial roots. A figure in an orange-saffron robe and orange head covering sits on a low wooden stool, with a rudraksha mala around the neck, holding a ritual object over a small fire on a rock with stainless steel vessels, flower garlands and a brass lamp arranged nearby. Several people in white clothing stand and sit around, some with palms pressed together, and a woman in a white sari stands close by. Seated devotees on the ground include a woman in a green sari and a man in a striped shirt. Two men in white dhotis and shirts stand in the foreground, one on the left and one on the right. The ground is reddish earth with a silver ritual plate in the lower foreground. Devotional outdoor ritual setting.

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