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Three men walk out of a stone temple doorway in bright sunlight. The man on the right wears a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with a long rudraksha mala and ceremonial gold necklace, dark swept-back hair and a tilak on his forehead, gesturing with his right hand; the man in the centre wears an orange robe, a green-and-gold shawl and a rudraksha mala; the man on the left is bare-chested with a rudraksha mala and a patterned red-and-white dhoti. Behind them a man in white clothes follows. To the right, a printed Tamil festival poster on the grey stone wall advertises a temple festival (Maha Shivaratri style imagery with deity figures). The appearance of the orange-robed man on the right with long hair, gold necklace and rudraksha cues is consistent with a person, walking as part of a temple visit.

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