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A photograph in a temple courtyard with orange-painted walls and a corrugated roof. In the centre, a man in an orange sleeveless top and orange-red dhoti and shawl stands with palms pressed together in prayer, head bowed, a dark hair bun and a gold chain at his neck. A rust-orange cloth hangs behind him beside a carved stone pillar decorated with flowers in red, yellow and white. To the left, three priests in white dhotis with red borders and bare upper bodies stand near a brass tray and a ritual vessel, one wearing a gold necklace and another carrying rudraksha beads, with sacred ash marks on their foreheads. A stone carving of a lion-headed figure is visible at the right edge.

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