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A priest with a bare upper body, white sacred markings on his chest and arms, and a white cloth tied at the head performs aarti with a lit oil lamp before a deity murti. The murti is a gold-faced Shiva form with a tall silver crown and layered silver necklaces, decorated with yellow and red flower garlands and hanging fruit. A golden nandi bull stands at left, and red and gold cloth draping frames the gilded arch behind the shrine. The scene is a Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Brahmotsavam day ceremony.

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