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Crowded temple scene in Kerala with devotees pressed along a metal railing. In the centre, a bare-chested man in a rust-red dhoti wears a flower crown of pink blossoms and a long garland of red and white flowers, gold ornaments and a gold armlet, and covers his face with one hand. To the right, a bearded man with a rudraksha mala and orange-saffron cloth holds a banana leaf with pink flowers. Women in a purple saree and a yellow-green saree stand watching nearby. The setting appears to be a temple darshan queue with other devotees in the background.

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