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Indoor temple hall with a white marble floor and exposed metal ceiling where several people practise yoga on mats, bending forward with hands on the floor. In the foreground a woman in a green-and-beige patterned sari with a mala wears a pink-and-maroon mat; beside her a woman in a yellow top bends over a teal mat, and further right a person in white and a person in a checked shirt do the same. Along the right wall stand large painted statues of deities with crowns and garlands, and rows of orange-robed figures. In the background a gold-decorated shrine holds deity murti, and a man in a light blue shirt stands with hands folded near a doorway with a KAILASA sign. Several chairs are set at the back of the hall.

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