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Photograph of a whitewashed shikhara-style temple with tiered spire and an Om symbol carved on its face, seen from a low angle beneath a large leafy tree. In the foreground, a group of devotees in orange shawls sit on the steps of a yellow-walled temple porch with red-framed doors open. Inside the doorway, a figure in orange robes stands near the entrance, with small shrines beside the door. Several seated visitors wear orange scarves; one man wears white with an orange shawl and a tilak mark, and another man in an orange shawl sits at the right edge. A woman in a pale top and orange scarf sits in the center. A fluorescent tube light hangs under the porch roof, and a hanging bell is visible above the doorway.

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