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A low-angle photograph looking up at three large grey stone statues against an overcast sky. The central figure is a seated Buddha statue with a topknot-style ushnisha, a rounded head and a robe with fine parallel folds over the shoulders. Flanking it on the left and right are two smaller statues of monks with shaved heads, their shoulders and robes carved in similar folds, seen from behind. The sky is pale grey with darker clouds at the right edge. No living people are visible.

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