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A large black polished Shivalingam stands in the foreground, wrapped with a garland of red, yellow, green and white flowers and fitted with silver bands. Atop a metal platform beside it, a bare-chested man with long dreadlocked hair, white body markings, rudraksha beads and a white dhoti sits and tends the lingam, arranging the flower garland. Beside him stands a brass kalasha vessel, and a second bare-chested attendant with a rudraksha mala stands at the railing on the right. The sky is clear blue. This appears to be a lingam abhishekam or puja. The man's identity is uncertain from appearance alone.

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