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Outdoor ritual scene beside a carved wooden kalasha-topped structure wrapped in orange and cream cords and draped with yellow marigold and purple garlands. A man with long dark hair, bare-chested and wearing an orange shawl and a white-and-red flower garland, smiles while holding a flower and standing beside a silver tray of flowers and a flame. A monk in orange robes holds the flaming lamp, with another orange-clad figure at right and a few spectators at the left edge. Grey stone deity sculptures and green trees are behind. Visible long hair, orange shawl and rudraksha-style beads suggest a probable Swamiji (probable) officiating a pratyaksha pada puja, with the orange-robed attendants assisting.

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