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A photograph of a ritual lamp offering at the base of a large banyan tree with thick aerial roots. A bald man in a red-orange robe and orange turban lights a small oil lamp with a flame at the trunk, while a man in a grey-blue shirt stands beside him with hands joined in prayer. Another man in a white shirt watches nearby. On the right, a long-haired elderly sadhu in orange robes with a grey beard stands with his back partly turned, and a colourful garland decoration is visible at the upper right. The setting is an outdoor grove with trees and a small clay lamp on the ground.

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