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Outdoor photograph of devotees seated on terraced steps beside a large black stone Nandi bull statue draped in a garland of orange marigolds, white and purple flowers. Several people in white ritual clothes sit with hands folded in anjali mudra or raised in greeting; a man in the foreground wears a white shirt and dhoti, another in white kurta and dhoti has a red-and-white forehead mark. Terracotta pots of small plants line the steps, and rows of black Shivalinga-style stone forms and additional white-clad devotees are visible on the upper tiers. A flower-garland arrangement decorates the base of the Nandi pedestal. The setting appears to be a Shiva-themed outdoor gathering with a bright sky overhead.

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