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A bare-chested man with wet, slicked-back hair and a dark rudraksha mala bends forward at right to tend a silver-clad lingam in a dim temple shrine. The lingam, draped with a red and gold silk garment and white-and-red bordered cloth, wears silver arms and a silver crown-like covering, with flower garlands around it. Lit oil lamps and a gilded arch surround the sanctum, and a golden pedestal sits below. The man holds a fibrous ritual object in one hand. Visible text on the image reads Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam, and , but these copyright marks are not reproduced here

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