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Outdoor ritual photograph at a bhumi puja. A bare-shouldered man with long swept-back dark hair and a beard wears a rust-brown dhoti and wrap, a long flower garland of red roses, yellow and white blooms, rudraksha beads and a tilak. He holds a brass lamp with a burning flame and a red cloth in both hands, eyes lowered. Two men in white dhotis with gold borders stand behind him: one holds a brass lamp, the other holds an orange-covered book or tray. Bright sky and grass in the background.

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