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A crowded temple scene with devotees pressing close in a narrow stone passage. In the centre, a bare-chested, white-bearded man in white dhoti with a white shawl, hands folded in anjali, stands near a tray of flowers and offerings. To his right, a man in a maroon-red cloth and rudraksha beads holds his hands together. On the far right, a figure with a tall dreadlocked head-wrap, rudraksha malas and layered beaded necklaces, hands in anjali, bows forward. Other men in white dhotis and bare-chested devotees surround them, and a green-and-gold temple gopuram pillar appears behind. A few people hold up phones or cameras overhead.

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