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A photograph of an outdoor ground-breaking or earth-work ceremony under a striped canopy with a maroon patterned top. In the foreground a bare-legged man in a white shirt and blue checked cloth bends forward, swinging a wooden tool to throw red soil into the air. Behind him on a raised carpeted platform sits a seated figure in saffron robes on a red throne-like chair with a crown-like headdress, flanked by rows of people in saffron and orange clothing seated on the ground. Several white-clad men stand at the left edge, and a crowd of onlookers sits under the tent.

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