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Night scene of a temple or ashram interior with several men handling a large ornate gold-coloured structure. A man in white dhoti and white shirt with a rudraksha-style mala and an orange sash is bent over the structure adjusting a gold pole, while a man in a white shirt on the left stands beside it. In the foreground, a grey-haired man in white and an orange-clad figure are seen from behind, one arm raised. A man in a white dhoti stands at the upper right beside a white wall with cables running along it. Floodlights and a crane hook appear at the top left. Caption on the image reads a copyright notice.

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