A crowded interior of a temple hall where a queue of devotees stands close together, most of them men in pale shirts, one young boy in a striped blue-and-white shirt looking toward the camera, and a woman in a grey-and-patterned sari at the left edge facing away. A white air cooler stands at upper left and gold-coloured temple fixtures glimmer in the background. - Nithyanandapedia

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A crowded interior of a temple hall where a queue of devotees stands close together, most of them men in pale shirts, one young boy in a striped blue-and-white shirt looking toward the camera, and a woman in a grey-and-patterned sari at the left edge facing away. A white air cooler stands at upper left and gold-coloured temple fixtures glimmer in the background.

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May 11 2012

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