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Outdoor village scene at sunset in Tamil Nadu, with a pale pink single-storey building and a temple gopuram beyond trees. A hanging string of green leaves stretches across the space. In the foreground, a bald man in white shirt and trousers stands with hands at his sides, next to men in checked lungis, one in a white dhoti with a green shawl, and a boy in yellow holding a white flag. On the left, women in saris and children stand in a line near a white kolam (rangoli) drawn on the ground. A dusty open courtyard lies between the groups. No identifiable a person depiction is clear here; the bald man in white is described only by role and clothing.

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