Ok I’m still learning but I’m kinda confused why this nomination was rejected.
You haven’t shown the main photo, but the community rejection narrative and appeal text are very clear on the reason for the rejection.
If you disagree with this explanation, please post the main image for advice.
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Deleted what I first wrote.
I have never seen this text I have bolded:
The submission photo or information provided focused on a body part instead of a specific object
I think with the clear faces, they thought you were identifying your nomination in the supporting.
If that was your main image, then a rejection for people or license plates is technically incorrect. I can understand reviewers rejecting because the supporting photo has people in it, even though that is allowed, but it’s surprising to see the appeal rejection for this as well.
But..
There’s something odd about your supporting photograph. It does not need those people and the motorbike/moped in it at all, which leads me to wondering why they are in there and if this is some sort of identifying feature for your submission. This would cause me to reject even though it’s the supporting photo.
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I have no idea what you have submitted here to advise you on whether you should try again with a new nomination. Your appeal statement, what little we can see of it, seems to be focused on threatening to quit playing Pokemon Go if you don’t get this accepted. That is not how to get an appeal accepted. You need to convince that it meets any of the criteria of a great place for exercise, exploration, or being social. Here is a link to Wayfarer Criteria: https://niantic.helpshift.com/hc/en/21-wayfarer/section/166-wayspot-criteria/?l=en&p=web
It’s a temple and I thought it’s eligible for pokestop and yeah I was little bit frustrated because there are many hangout and exercise places like library, gym etc that have opened here since October 2025 but all of them got rejected because they can’t find the evidence of their existence.
Btw October 2025 is the last updated Google Maps Street View images.
A temple does seem eligible. Resubmit without the focus on the individual people in the supporting photo.
A good supporting photo will include the object that you are nominating and other recognizable features that will help convince reviewers that it most likely does exist where you say it does. You can also provide links - only in the supporting section - that prove the temple exists there.
If it is a temple, resubmit it. Also, take the image straight on rather than from an angle. If there is a website supporting the Temple, include it in the supporting info.
Sometimes you might have to take a photo on an angle if the surface is reflective, such as shop windows, because you must avoid catching a reflection of yourself in the image.
When this is the case, make the angle as shallow as possible, so just enough that you don’t pick up a reflection while keeping the photo as straight-on as you can.