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A dusty open yard beside a white two-storey building with a large lean-to shed of corrugated metal roofing. A large mango-like tree shades the left side, with a black bicycle leaning against its trunk and a blue barrel near a doorway. Stacks of cut grey granite slabs and blocks lie on the ground in the foreground and right. One worker in a white shirt stands in the shadowed shed among stone pieces, with a sculpted stone block in the centre of the yard. No deity, ritual or devotee activity is visible.

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