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A large group of devotees sits and kneels on the floor of a temple hall with painted stone guardian figures along the walls. A man in the centre wears an orange-red shawl, rudraksha mala and gold necklace, and stands in the middle, receiving a garland of red and white flowers held by a bare-chested priest in white. Surrounding devotees wear orange, saffron, white and turquoise clothing, many with folded hands in anjali. A woman in a dark blue sari with flower in hair stands at left. Wall-mounted statues of attendants in colourful robes flank the hall, and a red-and-white cloth hangs over an inner doorway. Appearance-based label: a person for the central man with orange-red shawl, rudraksha mala and gold necklace, in a temple satsang welcome.

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