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A young woman kneels on a red stage in front of dark grey draped curtains, smiling with eyes lowered and hands resting on her hips. She wears a white kurta-style top and white dhoti-like trousers with an orange saffron shawl draped diagonally across her torso and over one shoulder. Scattered yellow petals lie on the stage floor around her, and she wears bangles and a pendant on a cord. The setting suggests a cultural performance or dance item during a festival programme.

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