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Outdoor ritual on a paved driveway beside grass and parked cars. A seated priest in white dhoti with a blue-and-gold shawl holds a green coconut with a lit flame on top over a small plate, performing a ritual over a black stone deity murti laid on a blue cloth and plastic sheet. The murti is draped with a white and purple cloth and red thread. Behind, a standing priest in a yellow dhoti and orange shawl and another man in white with a gold-bordered shawl look on, and a boy in navy shirt and shorts gestures nearby. A green forklift is in the background.

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