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A photograph at an outdoor temple courtyard with a tall gopuram tower and a colourful domed shrine behind. A central man with long, wavy dark hair and a red bindi and white forehead marks stands smiling with palms pressed together in namaste, gazing upward, wearing an orange saffron robe and orange shawl with a gold ceremonial necklace. Beside him, a bearded man with glasses in orange robes and layered gold-bead garlands holds an orange flower garland. Uniformed police officer in khaki stands behind, and a man in white with a yellow shawl appears at the right edge, with another white-clad figure at left. Rangoli-style floor designs in yellow, white and red lie at the feet. Several other devotees and women stand in the background.

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