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Outdoor photograph of seated devotees on long grey stone benches in rows under green trees and a hillside, apparently at an open-air Kailasa event. In the foreground a woman in a pink and gold sari with flowers in her hair sits beside a small boy with a shaved head and white shirt. Older women in green, red and blue saris and a man in a light green shirt sit nearby. A standing man in white dhoti with a garland stands at the front, facing the seated crowd. A tall carved golden stone pillar with a face stands among the benches. Several people are visible in the distance.

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