A man in a white t-shirt and white dhoti with a red border is sweeping a carved stone temple wall with a long broom. He wears a mint-green surgical cap and mask, and his bare feet stand on a brick-paved walkway. Another worker in a green cap is visible further back along the carved stone pillars of the temple corridor. - Nithyanandapedia

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A man in a white t-shirt and white dhoti with a red border is sweeping a carved stone temple wall with a long broom. He wears a mint-green surgical cap and mask, and his bare feet stand on a brick-paved walkway. Another worker in a green cap is visible further back along the carved stone pillars of the temple corridor.

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