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Photograph of a group walking single file into a dark rock cave entrance with stone-framed doorway and a rope barrier along the rock face. In front, a man in an orange-saffron kurta and matching saffron shawl with red border walks inside. Behind him, a man in a mustard-brown shirt and orange-gold dhoti, and others in white dhotis. On the right foreground, a bare-chested, shaved-headed man in a white dhoti with gold border and a backpack looks ahead with hands folded at his waist. Wet, mossy grey rock surrounds the entrance. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly visible; the saffron-clad figure is a devotee-style presence and his appearance is not distinctive enough to confirm. Visit to a cave temple.

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