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A shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and unstitched white upper cloth with gold border sits cross-legged on a raised platform, tying a yellow-gold sacred thread onto the wrist of a woman in a white blouse and orange shawl. She holds out her hand and wears gold bangles. Beside him a brass bowl holds leaves and offerings. Around them seated devotees wear orange shawls and sit on the ground in an open courtyard with a red-roofed building and trees behind. The priest bears a white forehead marking and a mala necklace.

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