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Outdoor photo at a covered entrance with a white wall and corrugated metal roof, palm trees behind. A bare-chested man with long swept-back dark hair and a saffron/orange shawl stands at centre-right with palms pressed together in anjali namaskar, smiling. Beside him a younger man in orange robes holds a microphone. Two women in white and blue saris stand with hands folded, and an older man in white stands behind them. A blue sign lists Kannada and English rules: silence please, no mobile allowed, no photo and video camera allowed, do not enter the cave, do not pluck the leaves. A site map board stands on the right.

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