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Outdoor ritual at a large water tank beside a tall black stone lingam column draped with marigold garlands. Crowds of people in white clothes and some in saffron-orange robes line the steps on the left, many standing in the water. In the foreground, several people in white and orange stand in the tank, with a decorated palanquin or float covered by a small golden umbrella and strung with yellow marigold garlands and colourful balloons. On the right, a man in white trousers and light shirt reaches toward a jet of water spraying from the column. Bright daylight, trees in the background.

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