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Outdoor photograph of a village temple event on a dirt ground lined with crowds on both sides. A tall temple gopuram with painted stripes rises behind a white-and-red striped shrine wall. At left, a decorated canopy with orange and gold drapes and flower garlands shelters a small framed picture. Men in white dhotis and checked shirts, and women in saris, stand in lines along bamboo barricades, several with hands folded in greeting. Children stand among them and a woman in a pink sari and gold necklace stands at front left. The crowd is dense, with many spectators visible along the far wall.