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Outdoor ritual scene in front of a row of black stone Shivalingas, each wrapped in white cloth with gold-and-green striped bands at the base. A priest in white dhoti and saffron-and-gold sash stands at a railing, facing the lingams. Around him devotees press hands together in namaskar; a woman in turquoise and a man in orange shirt stand nearby, and a woman in pink top and sunglasses leans on a wire-mesh fence on the right, watching. Potted plants line the platform and a red-tiered planting bed sits behind. A red umbrella is visible above the crowd. Palm trees and an overcast sky frame the setting.

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