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Outdoors under a metal-roofed open shelter, two sannyasis in saffron-orange robes with gold borders stand at a large pinkish stone pillar-like kalasha or sacred vessel draped with red, orange and yellow marigold garlands. The man on the left, with a shaved head and an orange shawl, lifts his arm to the top of the pillar; the man on the right, bare-headed and wearing rudraksha malas, raises both arms to hold a cord above it. Seated monks in orange and saffron robes with rudraksha malas watch in the foreground, a palm tree and greenery behind. A ceremonial ritual of decorating or consecrating the stone structure is taking place.

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