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Warm evening photo at a temple courtyard with dark stone sculptures behind. A shaved-headed, bare-chested man in orange dhoti and a red-orange shawl stands holding a small plate. To the left, a bearded sadhu with long matted hair and rudraksha beads holds out an offering. Two brown cows stand before them, one with a gold and jewelled embroidered cloth draped over its back and red, pink and purple flower garlands around its head and neck.

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