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A group photo in a stone-pillared temple hall. In the centre stands a smiling man with long dark hair and a red headband, wearing a red garment and a heavy necklace of gold beads, red flowers and white garland, with a gold armlet on his upper arm. Around him are devotees: a woman in orange sari with gold trim on the left, a bare-chested man in a yellow dhoti with orange-yellow beaded necklace, a bare-chested man in orange and red cloth with a shoulder bag, and a bare-chested man in white dhoti with green-bordered wrap and beaded necklaces on the right. Others stand behind. A dark carved inscription board is visible on the wall.

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