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Photograph of a small temple facade seen through a large leafy tree in the foreground. Above the entrance a painted niche holds a seated ganesha murti with orange-yellow body and a white and red decorative arch, flanked by a white recumbent bull (nandi) on the roof ledge. The shrine doorway below is dark, with a framed picture inside and black chalkboard-style signs with white writing on the wall to either side. No people are visible. A date stamp in red digits reads 20 10 2006.

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