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Photograph of a temple-like stone doorway. On the left, a bare-shouldered man with hair in a bun, a rudraksha band across his head, a rudraksha mala and gold earring stands in profile. In the centre, an older bald man wearing a teal-green shawl, white flower garland with red blooms, rudraksha beads and a red tilak on his forehead gestures toward the dark doorway. On the right, a hand and red-and-white cloth appear at the entrance of a shrine chamber. Two people are clearly visible, the bare-chested man and the garlanded man in green, with a third partly visible at the right edge.

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