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Outdoor ritual on a cleared ground with a red and white umbrella overhead and colourful bunting strung through green trees. A young man in saffron-orange robes and a long white and red flower garland stands at the left, holding a ritual object and performing a puja. Beside him, a younger figure in orange robes and a second white-clad group stands with palms pressed together. Several devotees in white dhotis and shirts fold their hands in prayer, and one man wears a grey-green shirt. At right, a framed portrait of a seated figure in white is garlanded with white and pink flowers and placed on a white cloth-covered table. Brass vessels, pink flower heaps, a red cloth, and a kalasha-like pot sit on the ground in front. A stone rock face is visible behind.

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