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A photograph of an outdoor temple-precinct scene beside a wooded, rocky hill. In the foreground a standing man in white dhoti and white shirt with a yellow shawl across his shoulder stands on a raised platform beside a silver minivan. To the left, a red umbrella shades two blue plastic chairs and a small table with a yellow fruit and a red cloth. Behind them, a low white and red-striped boundary wall and a white shed with an orange-red roof frame a row of potted plants. Strings of small orange marigold garlands hang from the tree branches at the top right. No identifiable face is described; the standing man is a person in white ritual dress.

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