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A bare-chested priest with a topknot and white ceremonial markings on his arms and chest stands at a shrine, pouring milk from a metal vessel over a stone linga covered with a purple cloth in a silver-rimmed yoni-pitha base. He wears a white dhoti, rudraksha malas and a tilak on his forehead. Behind him, a bowl of red rose petals, brass lamps and offerings sit on an orange cloth. On the right, a metal deity murti with a green crown and pearl garlands stands beside marigold and red flower garlands and pink roses. A milk-collecting Pyrex measuring cup sits below the spout. The scene suggests an abhishekam at a temple shrine with a deity murti in the background.

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