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A photograph of a temple courtyard at AadiKailaasa. On the left, a stone shrine holds a deity murti with garlands, a brass oil lamp and kalasha-style offerings on a stone platform. A group walks along a covered walkway: a man in a white shirt and white dhoti at the centre, a man in white with an orange shawl, and two men in orange robes, one under an orange umbrella and another under a grey umbrella. A blue cloth hangs on a pole in the foreground, and a white wall with red and white painted trim is behind them. Roughly six people are visible.

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