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A priest in saffron-orange robes pours liquid from a metal vessel over a bronze-coloured standing statue of a bare-chested figure in white dhoti with a saffron border, its right hand raised in abhaya mudra. The statue sits inside an ornate gold arched frame with floral and lion-like carvings, and the liquid runs down its body. Behind are strands of yellow, purple and red marigold garlands, a teal cloth, and a small silver shrine at the lower right. A partially visible person in white with a coloured border appears at the far right edge. The statue is not a living person and no portrait is clearly identifiable here.

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