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A group of men walks across a stone-paved temple courtyard toward a temple gateway with arched pillars and a colourful decorated door. A hill rises behind a tall temple tower, and a long brick wall runs along the right side. Most of the walkers wear white dhotis and white shirts or cloths, with gold-bordered white veshtis. Two men in front wear saffron/orange sannyasi robes, one bald and the other with a shaved head, and one carries a shoulder bag. A man in a dark shirt and a man in a pink shirt stand among the group. Several walkers hold plastic carrier bags and a green garland. Visible people number about twelve.

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