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A nine-panel photo collage of KAILASA temple life. Top row: a seated figure on a gold throne with a purple cloth and garlands in the left panel; a black deity murti with a crown, gold-and-jewel adornments and yellow-orange marigold garlands in the centre; a gold-canopied shrine with two golden lions and a seated figure in red garlanded with flowers at right. Middle row: a crowded dining hall with a buffet counter and many people queuing; a golden shrine with lion figures, a red-clad figure and offerings; a group of white-clad devotees performing a ritual near a gold shrine. Bottom row: seated men and boys in a dense crowd; a group of white-clad people seated before a gold-arched doorway with a red-and-white decorated doorway; a line of children and women in saris holding a plate, with a robed figure in pink at right. Ritual, darshan and annadan scenes.

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