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Outdoors on a dirt ground, a seated man in a rust-brown robe with a long swept-back dark braid and a flower-petal-covered head sits on an orange plastic chair while a bald man in white dhoti and vest kneels and offers bananas on his palms. The seated figure wears a large garland of red, orange and white flowers, rudraksha malas and gold ornaments, and holds a small plate. Standing behind are onlookers in shirts and jeans, and several bare-chested men in orange cloth, beaded malas and yellow-green rudraksha-style necklaces. Petals are scattered on the ground.

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