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A large outdoor riverside ghat with red-brick steps crowded with devotees performing a Rudra Abhishekam. Many black stone Shivalingams sit on the steps, each with brass vessels and brass-horn-shaped vessels beside them. A woman in a white top and black pants sits on the right holding a brass pot, with a rudraksha-style red beaded garland. Nearby a bare-chested man in white dhoti pours offerings, and a man in orange cloth sits on the upper steps. Several men are bare-chested with malas, and red flags stand behind a white railing against a tall stone wall. Overall a dense abhishekam scene with many participants.

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