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Outdoor temple courtyard at a hillside ashram with a bare rocky hill behind. Red-and-white striped platform steps lead to a central altar with a stone Nandi-style base, a large bronze vessel, and a cobra-hooded canopy. A woman in a white sari with gold border stands at the platform, with a tray of offerings and a flower garland. A bare-backed man in orange dhoti, with ash markings on his back, holds a lamp near the platform, and another person in orange cloth stands at left. Rows of small brass oil lamps are arranged on a woven mat in the foreground. Orange-and-gold ceremonial umbrellas with a red emblem stand nearby, and red-painted containers and a parked fire truck sit behind the courtyard.