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Evening outdoor puja at a temple courtyard with a high stone wall and gopuram tower behind. A seated priest in saffron robes with a flower garland and a white headband sits at the front right beside a brass thali of flowers, fruit and lamps, while a saffron-clad figure with long hair and garlands sits centre-left among other saffron-robed devotees. Many people in white dhotis and orange or maroon garments sit on the stone floor in rows, some with hands joined, and uniformed police stand at the left wall. Bamboo scaffolding and a large flower garland fill the right side near a stone platform.

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