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A photograph inside a temple shrine of a child renunciate in an orange cloth with a red rudraksha mala, back turned to the camera, holding a brass plate with a lit oil lamp and offerings of food. He faces a gilded golden statue seated on an ornate golden throne with a curved arched backrest, dressed in a maroon turban and jewelled garments with a pink garland. Behind it rises a larger golden statue under a golden hooded canopy, wearing a maroon turban and multi-coloured embroidered garment. Gold carved pillars frame the scene. The statues are sculptures, not people.

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