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A photograph of two men sweeping a polished reddish-brown marble floor on a temple veranda with white carved pillars. The man on the left wears a white dhoti, a yellow shawl and a rudraksha-style necklace, and holds a broom. The man on the right, barefoot, wears a yellow-striped shirt and grey trousers and sweeps with a red broom. Framed photographs hang on the white wall above, and a shrine doorway with a yellow-trimmed entrance opens to the right. Green trees are visible beyond the railing.

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