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Crowded temple interior at a consecration event. Silver-plated doors bearing the Kannada inscription for Sri Kalabhairaveshwara Swami shrine are central, flanked by yellow marigold garlands and orange streamers. A man in white dhoti and shawl stands arms folded before the doors. Several men in saffron and orange robes sit near the centre; one in saffron holds a microphone and speaks. Devotees in white dhotis and a woman in a green sari sit around them. Uniformed police officers stand at left and a crowd of devotees fills the foreground, many with mobile phones raised. The scene reads as a mahakumbhabhishekam gathering at a Hindu temple.

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