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Outdoor scene at an ashram entrance where devotees leave their footwear. A row of sandals and chappals lies on the dirt ground beneath a tarpaulin canopy. A yellow sign with Kannada text reads 'Please remove your footwear' with a pictured shoe. A woman on the left wears an orange and peach saree with a black handbag and jasmine in her hair. Beside her a woman in a blue saree stands near a man in white dhoti and shirt with a rudraksha-style necklace. A man in a white shirt and dark trousers stands at right, and a bent-over woman in an orange floral saree and a boy in orange shirt are nearby. A small red bucket and a potted sapling sit among the shoes.

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