A photograph of a riverside landscape with a pink-washed stone archway bridge spanning a channel of water. Green trees and bushes line the banks, and a concrete stepped path leads down toward the arch. A man in a grey shirt and dark trousers stands on the right near a parked dark scooter. Two or three figures sit or stand in the shadow beneath the arch. Overhead power lines cross the sky. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of a riverside landscape with a pink-washed stone archway bridge spanning a channel of water. Green trees and bushes line the banks, and a concrete stepped path leads down toward the arch. A man in a grey shirt and dark trousers stands on the right near a parked dark scooter. Two or three figures sit or stand in the shadow beneath the arch. Overhead power lines cross the sky.

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