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A photograph of an outdoor courtyard event with a dark, wet-looking figure in a black short-sleeved shirt and black trousers standing center, head tilted up, one hand raised above the brow, with a rope running down beside him. Around him, several saffron-robed men in orange dhoti-style garments and rudraksha malas hold brass pots and wooden sticks. A crowd of onlookers stands behind, including women in saris and a man in a blue t-shirt. On the right, a golden ornate throne with a red cushion sits on a draped red-covered platform beneath a striped canopy, with a seated figure in green and red attire nearby. Green trees and a red-roofed building form the background.

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