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Outdoor scene near water with hazy morning light and trees behind. Five men in orange and saffron clothing stand around a seated figure on a blue mat. The seated man wears an orange cap and a dark maroon shawl with gold-edged dhoti, and is being draped with an orange shawl by a bearded man in an orange cap and brown robe. A man in a striped cap stands behind, and a man in an orange shawl and gold-bordered dhoti stands at right beside a gold-decorated throne-like seat. Clay vessels sit on a low ledge nearby.

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