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A busy street in a South Indian temple town, photographed in daylight. In the foreground, a young boy in saffron-orange dhoti and a bare upper body with white sacred ash marks and a rudraksha mala stands at a table laden with offerings: a brass lamp stand, a basket of flowers and leaves, folded white and gold-bordered cloths, coconuts, apples and bananas, and a garland of flowers. To the left, an older man in a checked shirt and orange dhoti walks past with a plastic bag. Behind them, pedestrians, a uniformed police officer and shopkeepers line the road, with a gopuram tower visible in the distance.

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