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A photograph of two dark stone murti statues being bathed in milk during abhishekam. On the left, a smaller murti wrapped in yellow cloth with a red-and-gold border has white milk pouring over its head and body from an unseen hand at the upper left. On the right, a larger multi-armed deity murti with a crown and ornate silver-gold detailing, its base also streaked with milk, stands before a blue and purple backdrop patterned with peacock feather eyes. Milk runs down the pedestals and steps. No people are physically visible apart from a partial hand.

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