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A photograph of a priest performing abhishekam on two bronze deity murtis inside a gilded arched shrine with a blue cloth backdrop. The priest stands bare-chested with a white dhoti bordered in gold, a dark rudraksha-style mala at his neck, and holds a golden vessel pouring water over the figure on the right, which wears a yellow cloth. Water runs down the statues onto a wooden platform, with a large brass vessel in the foreground and brass lamps and small figurines at the side. The priest's face is not shown and no one is identified.

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