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A photo of a temple shrine doorway with pink walls and green and yellow trim. A young sadhu in saffron-orange robes and an orange turban stands barefoot on a black-and-white checkered floor, holding a small lamp in both hands and a rudraksha mala around his neck. Behind him, a silver-crowned deity murti of a goddess seated on a lion or tiger mount is adorned with garlands and placed before a purple patterned backdrop and gold-trimmed canopy. Brass plates, bowls and small offerings sit on the steps in front of the shrine. Consistent with a darshan at the temple, a probable identification of a person cannot be made from appearance, so the person is described by role.