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Outdoor ritual under a large spreading banyan tree with sunlight streaming through the branches. A tall black stone Shiva statue on the right is being bathed: a bald priest in saffron-orange dhoti and a white-and-saffron garland pours water from a metal vessel over the statue while water cascades down. Beside him stands a figure in orange-and-gold striped robes with a white and orange flower garland and an orange shawl, raising one hand near the face, standing on a raised wooden platform with a red-and-blue striped cloth and marigold garlands. Another person in orange clothing stands behind at lower left. Green leafy vines wrap the statue and marigold garlands decorate the scene. The figure in the striped robes has long hair and a visible garland, and may be a person; the identity is uncertain, so the a person field is unsure.

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