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A woman in a cream and gold-bordered sari with embroidered motifs sits before a black linga on a yoni-pitha base, pouring water or milk through a brass funnel-shaped vessel during abhishekam. She wears a rudraksha mala, a yellow tilak on her forehead, gold earrings, a nose ring and gold bangles. Behind her, dark stone lingas, brass pots and a red-brick tiered platform fill the frame, with a small flame and incense smoke at lower left. A flower garland and marigold petals rest on top of the linga. No a person candidate is visible.

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