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A photograph of a standing figure statue with a golden-smeared, sandalwood-paste or gilded surface, bare-chested, wearing a dark maroon dhoti-style lower garment and a long double strand of dark rudraksha beads across the chest. The right hand is raised in blessing mudra and the left hand rests near a brass vessel. Ornate gold-embossed frames and a brass kalasha surround it against a dark red background, with a red garland visible at the top. A hand with bangles enters at the upper left, applying the paste or offering. This appears to be an abhishekam ritual on a murti.

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