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Outdoor groundbreaking ceremony under a striped purple and white canopy strung with mango leaves, at a foundation pit where yellow bricks are being laid. A man in an orange turban, orange robe and long flowing hair, garlanded with white jasmine, red and yellow flowers, pours from a silver kalasha pot into the pit as part of a bhoomi pooja. Beside him, an older bearded man in an orange shawl and white dhoti, also garlanded, stands at the edge. Around them, a shirtless priest with a tilak and rudraksha mala, and men in white shirts and dhotis, watch. A rangoli of coloured powder and flower petals decorates the ground, with a plate of offerings and oil lamps nearby. a person candidate appearance is compatible with the orange turban, long hair and orange robe, but the identity is uncertain from appearance alone.

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