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Night photograph of an outdoor shrine beneath a tree. A large black stone deity murti seated on a dark pedestal stands under an ornate gold arch, set on a raised mound of red and white stones. A figure in an orange saffron robe stands at the left of the murti, bending toward it. A man in a white dhoti and shirt with a white and orange turban stands at the right, hands together, and other men in white dhotis and a light blue shirt attend the shrine. A black Shivalinga stands on a small pedestal in the foreground left.

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