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Outdoor ritual scene with a figure seen from behind, wearing a rust-brown dhoti-style garment with a gold border and a long garland of white jasmine, red roses and green leaves. Long dark hair falls down the back, and the figure holds a brass oil lamp with a bright flame in one hand and a bell-shaped brass vessel in the other. Behind are many onlookers, including girls in orange-red salwar kameez with hands in anjali, a woman in white, and a figure in teal. Blue and gold decorated parasols stand nearby, and a silver tray with offerings sits in the foreground. Palm trees and hanging leaf garlands frame the scene.

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