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A seated ritual scene at an old stone temple, with a priest in white dhoti and shawl holding a silver tray of pink flower petals. A man in an orange-brown robe, dark turban, and many rudraksha malas and beaded necklaces receives petals from the tray with his hands. Several young boys in orange robes and white tilaka sit on a stone step behind them, and other men in white and bare-chested devotees sit nearby. Carved stone pillars and ceremonial ground offerings surround the group.

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