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A photograph inside a temple shrine with a large ornate orange-painted wooden door decorated with garlands of yellow, orange and red flowers. In front, a shirtless man in a teal dhoti stands near the doorway, and a man in a rust-coloured robe stands in the centre. On the right, a man in a pink shirt and dark trousers stands beside a young man in a white dhoti with gold border, both with hands joined. On the left, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands with hands folded, and another man in a white shirt and dhoti stands nearby. A cream sign with red and blue text hangs on a metal railing at right, and a stone plinth with gold-toned edging runs along the bottom.

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