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A photograph of a ritual setup on a red cloth-covered floor, with several clay or brass kalasha-style pots wrapped with white cloth and decorated with yellow marigold garlands and red flowers. Green leaves and a yellow-wrapped bundle sit on a metal plate in the foreground. Baskets hold raw white grain and dried sticks, and white powder lies on a plate at left. Only seated legs in white and cream dhoti-style garments are visible at the top edge; no faces are shown.

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