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A close photograph of a shrine deity wrapped in red silk with a gold-bordered skirt and a green sash, garlanded with yellow and white flowers. In front, a white towel covers a dark Shiva Lingam with a white cloth tied over the top. A hand holds a brass oil lamp with a lit flame, offering aarti or deepa before the murti. The hand is partly visible at the left edge, and no full person is shown.

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