A man in a blue dhoti and blue sleeveless shawl with a rudraksha mala walks past an outdoor shrine under a large shady tree. A black stone deity murti stands in a silver arched frame, draped in orange cloth and garlanded with red and white flowers, with a red kumkum-covered base in the foreground. The paved ground is wet and red earth surrounds the shrine. - Nithyanandapedia

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A man in a blue dhoti and blue sleeveless shawl with a rudraksha mala walks past an outdoor shrine under a large shady tree. A black stone deity murti stands in a silver arched frame, draped in orange cloth and garlanded with red and white flowers, with a red kumkum-covered base in the foreground. The paved ground is wet and red earth surrounds the shrine.

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