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Two saffron-robed men perform a ritual at an ornately carved stone pillar outdoors beneath a metal roof and palm trees. The man on the left, in orange cloth with a yellow border and a bangle on his wrist, holds a brass vessel and reaches toward the pillar. The man on the right, in red-orange robes with a gold-bordered cloth and a red-and-white beaded mala, lifts a garland of yellow and orange flowers up toward the pillar's top. The pillar's base is decorated with floral carvings, and its central niche holds a seated deity murti decorated with pink and magenta flower garlands. Several seated onlookers, including women in traditional dress, watch from the lower left.

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