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Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree at a shaded shrine. A black stone statue, draped in orange cloth and marigold garlands, sits within a silver arch surrounded by orange flowers on a black base. A bare-chested man in white dhoti with hands folded in namaste stands at left, while a man kneels on the ground in front of the shrine. Several people in white clothing stand nearby, one woman in white holding a bag, and a figure in orange robes appears at the right edge. A small stone planter with a sign sits in the foreground.

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