A photograph of an outdoor ritual on a sandy ground, with a long white pole or post set upright in the centre. A barefoot man in a red sleeveless top and red-orange dhoti stands beside it, wearing a long garland of white, purple and yellow flowers and a rudraksha mala, with a gold bangle on one wrist. Scattered pink and purple flower petals cover the sand. Behind him a crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis, some with lanyards, and women in patterned saris stand with palms pressed together in namaskar. On the right, a young man in orange robes with a flower garland kneels beside a tray of petals and a small oil lamp, and a brass kalasha-style vessel sits nearby. Two woven baskets hold yellow flowers in the foreground. A figure in orange at the left raises one arm.

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2009-GLIMPSES-OF-VARIOUS-EVENTS

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