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A photograph inside a temple shrine showing a dressed Shiva lingam at the centre, wrapped in layered garlands of orange, yellow, purple and white flowers, with a silver tripundra marking and a jewelled ornament on its front. Behind it stand deity murtis draped in garlands and bright silk, including a central multi-armed figure and a figure in a blue-purple sari with a jewelled crown. To the right, a standing statue in brown-red robes wears a red turban, a large rudraksha-style mala and a bead necklace, with a garland around its shoulders. A brass oil lamp stands on each side. In the foreground, a living man with long black hair hanging down his back, wearing a brown-red dhoti and wrapped arm bands and holding a ritual object, stands in front of the altar with his hands folded behind his head.

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