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A large black linga stands on a red-carpeted platform, draped with a garland of yellow, orange, white and purple flowers and topped with yellow blossoms, with three silver horizontal bands and a silver disc on its front. Three men stand behind a metal railing on the left: one bare-chested with a white cloth and a rudraksha-style neck cord, one in white dhoti and shawl with a garland and hands folded in namaskar, and one in an orange-red dhoti and shawl holding flower garlands and hands together in prayer. A fourth person is partly visible at the far left edge. Behind them is a grey concrete block building with barred windows and a small corrugated shelter.

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