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Photograph of an abhishekam being performed at an altar in the KAILASA Goyave center. A hand pours liquid from a steel bowl over a small bronze deity murti set on a steel basin with a wooden base. Behind it stands a large framed portrait of a smiling man in an orange-red turban and saffron robe, wearing a rudraksha mala and a garland of orange marigolds and white flowers, with a small red tilak on his forehead; the portrait is an image, not a physical person, and a printed caption is not legible. Beside the altar stands a doll in a magenta and gold dress with ornaments. Brass oil lamps, a brass aarti plate with lit wicks, a basket of red flower petals, and bowls of yellow and orange liquid sit on a white embroidered cloth. A paper sign reads KAILASA GUADELOUPE GOYAVE. Curtains of orange and gold frame the scene. No physical people other than a partly visible hand are shown.

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