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A photograph outside a small pink sandstone shrine with carved ornamental arches, its entrance marked by a red banner reading Bhagavan Shri Krishneshwar Mahadev. In the centre, a smiling man with long swept-back hair wears a red-and-gold dhoti and shawl, a red and pink flower garland, and a gold-bead necklace with a rudraksha mala, with a red tilak on his forehead. Beside him, a shaven-headed man in an orange-and-gold robe with a rudraksha mala holds a silver tray of flowers and offerings. On the left, an older man in a grey vest over orange clothing stands near a bald man in orange and red. On the right, a bearded man in a grey jacket and white dhoti stands behind. A yellow curtain hangs in the shrine doorway behind them, and trees frame the background.

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