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A photograph inside a dim temple of a dark stone lingam-style shrine draped with white jasmine garlands and orange-red flower strands, with pink lotus blossoms placed at its base. A woman in a white top with orange shawl bends forward with folded hands at the shrine's edge at right, wearing gold bangles and a rudraksha-style mala. Beside her a man in white shirt and glasses stands with an orange shawl, and at left a man in white shirt with orange cloth stands near others crouching at the shrine. Lamp light and a marble-pillared hall are visible behind.

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