.margdarshan-page {
            background: var(--bg);
            color: var(--hi-ink);
        }

        .margdarshan-section {
            padding: clamp(74px, 9vw, 118px) 0;
        }

        .margdarshan-section--intro {
            padding-top: 44px;
            background: #fffaf1;
        }

        .margdarshan-section--principles {
            background:
                var(--bg);}

        .margdarshan-grid {
            display: grid;
            grid-template-columns: minmax(0, .95fr) minmax(0, 1.05fr);
            gap: clamp(38px, 6vw, 82px);
            align-items: start;
        }

        /* opening section: two alternating copy / photo bands */
        .margdarshan-grid--darshan {
            grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.1fr) minmax(0, .9fr);
            gap: clamp(30px, 5vw, 64px);
            align-items: start;
        }
        .margdarshan-grid--darshan.margdarshan-grid--flip {
            grid-template-columns: minmax(0, .78fr) minmax(0, 1.22fr);
        }
        .margdarshan-grid--darshan + .margdarshan-grid--darshan {
            margin-top: clamp(30px, 4.5vw, 52px);
        }

        .margdarshan-copy p {
            margin: 0 0 18px;
            color: #5b4a41;
            font-size: 1.08rem;
            line-height: 1.95;
        }

        .margdarshan-copy strong {
            color: var(--hi-maroon);
        }

        /* the three labelled facets of the philosophy */
        .margdarshan-beat + .margdarshan-beat {
            margin-top: clamp(24px, 3vw, 34px);
            padding-top: clamp(24px, 3vw, 34px);
            border-top: 1px solid rgba(121, 43, 42, .12);
        }

        .margdarshan-beat h3 {
            margin: 0 0 10px;
            color: var(--hi-maroon);
            font-family: "Noto Serif Devanagari", serif;
            font-size: clamp(1.24rem, 1.9vw, 1.55rem);
            line-height: 1.4;
        }

        .margdarshan-beat p {
            margin: 0;
            color: #5b4a41;
            font-size: 1.05rem;
            line-height: 1.9;
        }

        .margdarshan-darshan-fig {
            margin: 0;
        }

        .margdarshan-darshan-fig img {
            display: block;
            width: 100%;
            height: auto;
            object-fit: cover;
            border: 1px solid rgba(198, 148, 53, .3);
            border-radius: 8px;
            background: #f4e4cc;
            box-shadow: 0 20px 52px rgba(82, 50, 34, .13);
            filter: saturate(1.04) contrast(1.02);
        }

        .margdarshan-darshan-fig figcaption {
            margin-top: 9px;
            color: #7a675d;
            font-size: .84rem;
            line-height: 1.5;
        }

        /* the guiding pull-quote — full-width, right below the section heading */
        .margdarshan-quote {
            padding: clamp(22px, 3vw, 34px);
            border-left: 4px solid var(--hi-gold);
            border-radius: 8px;
            background: rgba(255, 252, 246, .82);
            box-shadow: 0 18px 48px rgba(82, 50, 34, .08);
            color: var(--hi-ink);
            font-family: "Noto Serif Devanagari", serif;
            font-size: clamp(1.24rem, 2vw, 1.62rem);
            line-height: 1.7;
            font-weight: 700;
        }

        .margdarshan-quote--lead {
            margin: 0 0 clamp(34px, 5vw, 52px);
        }

        /* full-width motto band between the philosophy and the principles */
        .margdarshan-motto {
            padding: clamp(30px, 5vw, 52px) 0;
            text-align: center;
            background: #fffaf1;
            border-block: 1px solid rgba(198, 148, 53, .26);
        }

        .margdarshan-motto p {
            margin: 0;
            color: var(--hi-maroon);
            font-family: "Noto Serif Devanagari", serif;
            font-size: clamp(1.35rem, 3vw, 2.35rem);
            font-weight: 800;
            letter-spacing: .01em;
        }

        /* the extra ".hi-shell" beats the global `.site p { margin-top: 0 }` reset */
        .margdarshan-section--principles .hi-shell > .margdarshan-transparency-note {
            margin-top: clamp(44px, 6vw, 68px);
        }
        .margdarshan-transparency-note {
            margin-inline: auto;
            margin-bottom: 0;
            max-width: 760px;
            text-align: center;
            color: #6d5a51;
            font-size: .96rem;
            line-height: 1.7;
        }
        .margdarshan-transparency-note a {
            color: var(--hi-maroon);
            font-weight: 700;
        }

        .margdarshan-principles {
            display: grid;
            grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr));
            gap: 18px;
            margin-top: 42px;
        }

        .margdarshan-card {
            min-height: 100%;
            padding: clamp(24px, 2.6vw, 32px);
            border: 1px solid rgba(198, 148, 53, .2);
            border-radius: 8px;
            background: rgba(255, 252, 246, .88);
            box-shadow: 0 20px 52px rgba(82, 50, 34, .08);
        }

        .margdarshan-card__icon {
            display: inline-flex;
            align-items: center;
            justify-content: center;
            width: 48px;
            height: 48px;
            margin-bottom: 22px;
            border-radius: 999px;
            color: #fffaf1;
            background: var(--hi-maroon);
            font-family: "Noto Serif Devanagari", serif;
            font-size: 1.24rem;
            font-weight: 800;
        }

        .margdarshan-card h3 {
            margin: 0 0 14px;
            color: var(--hi-ink);
            font-size: clamp(1.28rem, 1.8vw, 1.58rem);
            line-height: 1.45;
        }

        .margdarshan-card p {
            margin: 0;
            color: #62534a;
            line-height: 1.78;
        }

        .margdarshan-card strong {
            color: var(--hi-maroon);
        }

        .margdarshan-section--closing {
            text-align: center;
            background:
                radial-gradient(circle at 50% 0%, rgba(198, 148, 53, .16), transparent 34%),
                linear-gradient(180deg, #f7ead8 0%, #fffaf1 100%);
        }

        .margdarshan-closing-text {
            max-width: 940px;
            margin: 0 auto 30px;
            color: #5b4a41;
            font-family: "Noto Serif Devanagari", serif;
            font-size: clamp(1.2rem, 2vw, 1.62rem);
            line-height: 1.9;
        }

        .margdarshan-actions {
            display: flex;
            flex-wrap: wrap;
            justify-content: center;
            gap: 14px;
        }

        @media (max-width: 980px) {

            .margdarshan-grid,
            .margdarshan-grid--darshan,
            .margdarshan-grid--darshan.margdarshan-grid--flip {
                grid-template-columns: 1fr;
            }

            /* text first, then its photo, in both bands */
            .margdarshan-grid--darshan .margdarshan-copy {
                order: -1;
            }
            .margdarshan-grid--darshan .margdarshan-darshan-fig {
                max-width: 460px;
            }

            .margdarshan-principles {
                grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
            }
        }

        @media (max-width: 640px) {

            .margdarshan-principles {
                grid-template-columns: 1fr;
            }
        }