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A photograph of a crowded darshan at a temple hall. A man seated on an ornate gold throne with a red cushion wears a rust-orange garment and a multicolored flower garland, and is surrounded by devotees. Golden ceremonial peetha-style backdrop with decorative gold finials and a gold kalasha-like ornament at left and right. Devotees in front include a woman in a teal patterned top with sunglasses, an older man in pink, a woman in a yellow floral headscarf, a girl in a blue patterned top, and women in saris and salwar kameez in yellow, orange and red. A woman holds up an orange patterned shawl toward the seated man, and a hand holds a phone at the bottom edge. A watermarked archive credit appears at lower right. Several dozen people are visible, so the count is 21-100.

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