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Outdoor ritual scene on mats over dirt ground. A man in a white sleeveless top and white dhoti crouches low and feeds incense or smoke near the floor, with a small fire or smoking offering. Beside him, a shaved-headed priest in a rust-red robe wears a long rudraksha mala and kneels with hands near a silver plate holding ritual items. Behind them, another kneeling person in a red-brown robe with a long mala uses a laptop. Bananas, flowers, a yellow-cloth offering with fruit and a bundle of cash sit on an orange cloth, and a digital clock shows 5:55 on the mat. Several saffron-robed figures stand in the background.

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