Exterior of a small teal-painted temple shrine with a red corrugated metal roof and a golden cobra-hood finial on the gable. Ornate gold-carved doorway with dark wooden doors, painted deity figures with gold crowns flank the entrance, hanging bells line the eaves. Tall palm and coconut trees and a roadside street scene with vehicles stand behind. No people are visible. - Nithyanandapedia

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Exterior of a small teal-painted temple shrine with a red corrugated metal roof and a golden cobra-hood finial on the gable. Ornate gold-carved doorway with dark wooden doors, painted deity figures with gold crowns flank the entrance, hanging bells line the eaves. Tall palm and coconut trees and a roadside street scene with vehicles stand behind. No people are visible.

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