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Two temple cleaning workers sweep the stone floor of an old pillared temple corridor. In the foreground, a woman in a grey kurta and cream trousers, wearing a teal head wrap, a white face mask and an orange scarf, holds a broom of dried reeds and sweeps the floor beside a carved stone pillar. A green plastic bucket with a broom sits nearby. Behind her, a man in a white shirt and grey trousers, also in a teal head wrap and white mask, holds a long bamboo broom. The carved pillars and walls are weathered grey stone. The scene is a cleaning activity at a temple.

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A photograph inside a stone temple corridor with grey granite walls and carved pillars. A man with a green head cloth and bare upper body wrapped in orange cloth, with white sacred ash markings on his arms and torso, holds a long wooden pole upward toward a carved stone ledge. Beside him, a man in a dark blue jacket and face mask holds the other end of the pole steady. A third person in white stands at the right edge. Partial lettering and a copyright credit appear over the lower right of the image. a person is shown in an orange-clad, bare-chested role with a green head cloth, holding the pole in a cleaning or ritual task.2012-05-22A person in a white short-sleeved shirt, white trousers and a light green sash bends forward barefoot, sweeping a stone floor with a straw broom beside a carved stone pillar in a temple-style courtyard. A second worker in a green cap, face mask and khaki shirt sweeps further back, and a figure in orange robes stands between the pillars. 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