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Outdoor photo of a ritual offering beside a decorated wooden cart or platform with flowers and fruit. A bare-chested priest with a sacred thread and white dhoti stands at the left, reaching toward the offering table. Around the table, devotees in white shirts, a woman in orange sari with a red shawl, and older men in white clothes hold out their hands. Plates hold bananas, coconut halves, sweets, rice and fried cakes, with a small bowl of cooked rice in front. Greenery and a red-clad figure appear in the background.

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