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Outdoor ritual preparation on a sandy courtyard beside a golden vehicle decorated with framed portraits. On blue and striped mats, offerings are arranged: rows of banana-leaf wrapped packets, bananas, coconuts, flower garlands, steel tiffin containers, plates of fruit and sweets, and a brick-lined fire pit with kindling. Brass lamps stand near the vehicle. A man in white dhoti and a woman in a white sari with orange shawl stand nearby, and two more men in white dhoti stand at the right edge. A printed portrait on the vehicle shows a figure with a white turban, and the vehicle bears a plate reading TN-30 E-6075. The setting appears to be a homa or yagna preparation with fire pit and offerings.

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