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A photograph of an outdoor temple ritual. In the centre, a standing white-painted deity murti or statue receives abhishekam, its body coated in white and milk. A shaved-headed priest in white dhoti with a gold-bordered cloth and a gold chain pours liquid from a metal pot held high over the murti. Another person in white, with an ash marking on the arm, stands behind the statue; a woman in a red blouse crouches at lower left holding a small metal pot. A figure in a white dhoti with gold border stands on a wooden stool at upper right beside a gold-framed arch and red drapes. A copper-pipe fountain and dark stone lingam stand at right, and a gold-framed arch surrounds the murti.

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