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A long-haired figure in a white kurta with a pale yellow-and-white shawl stands with their back to the camera, looking up at a broad stone staircase leading to an ancient carved temple wall on the left. Scaffolding of bamboo-like poles covers the temple tower behind. Two people in the distance climb the steps: one in a red sari and one in a white shirt and dark trousers. On the right, a person in orange robes holds a large orange umbrella, and another person in white with a lanyard stands beside. The stone is weathered sandstone with intricate carved mouldings.

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A photograph of a long stone staircase climbing toward a large temple under scaffolding of bamboo-like metal poles. In the foreground, a woman with long dark wavy hair, wearing a white patterned top and a cream checked shawl, stands with her back to the camera looking up the steps. Further up the stairs, two people walk: one in red and one in a white shirt and dark trousers. The walls are polished grey-brown stone with carved pilasters at left.2008-06-09A photograph taken from behind and slightly to the side of a woman with long, dark, wavy hair, wearing a white kurta and a cream-and-gold checked shawl draped over her shoulder. She stands at the base of a wide stone staircase, looking up toward the entrance of an ancient temple built of sandstone blocks, with carved sculptural panels visible on its walls. Two men in casual clothes stand near the temple doorway, one in a blue shirt and one in a striped shirt. 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