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Outdoor ritual scene under tall coconut palms at a temple-like site. A figure with long dark hair in an orange robe and rudraksha mala stands at a white raised platform beside a tall copper-toned flagstaff wrapped with white cloth and hung with yellow and orange marigold garlands. Nearby, a black stone bull (nandi) is garlanded in yellow and orange flowers. Attendants in orange and saffron robes stand around, one holding a red and blue umbrella, and another carrying a yellow-handled staff. A cameraman in white stands on the left. A large crowd of devotees in white dress and some in orange gathers in the foreground.

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