A photograph taken through a tall stone pillar and an ornate golden metal gate toward a large white seated Buddha statue in the distance, its face and robed body visible above a low wall. Tree-lined pathway leads to it. In the foreground at lower right, several people walk and stand, including a woman in a yellow garment and a woman in red. The overcast sky is pale grey. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph taken through a tall stone pillar and an ornate golden metal gate toward a large white seated Buddha statue in the distance, its face and robed body visible above a low wall. Tree-lined pathway leads to it. In the foreground at lower right, several people walk and stand, including a woman in a yellow garment and a woman in red. The overcast sky is pale grey.

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