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A priest with a shaved head and bare upper body, wearing a white dhoti with an orange-yellow border and a white shawl over his left shoulder, pours water from a silver pot onto a dark stone deity murti. The murti is anointed with yellow-orange turmeric or kumkum-coloured liquid running down its chest and arms, and holds a ceremonial object in one raised hand. The scene is an outdoor abhishekam set beneath trees, framed by an ornate silver arch with carved floral and bird motifs. The priest is not an appearance-based a person candidate, so the a person field is none.

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