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A night-time photograph at a temple site with a dark stone structure and small lamps lit along the top edge. A long-haired figure in orange robes, wearing a heavy ornate gold necklace and carrying a wooden walking cane, stands at centre-right. Beside them a man in orange robes and a white-and-orange shawl holds a white box and reaches toward the figure's hand. To the right, a man in a brown shirt with a white tilak on his forehead stands close. On the left, a woman in peach-pink sari bows with hands folded, and a man in white dhoti and orange shawl stands behind. Several other people in white and orange clothing are partly visible around the group.

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