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Graphic collage titled "nepal sangha" with a red background showing panels of a Somvara abhishekam and alankaram ritual. Top left, a golden seated figure on a throne under a golden canopy with a golden fan-like backrest. Top right, a close-up of a man with eyes closed, white sacred ash band on forehead and red bindu. Center panels show a man in a red-and-white garland and a woman in pale blue and yellow sari pouring liquid over golden deity murti and a kalasha, plus a woman in yellow sari with folded hands before an alankaram. Right panel shows a deity murti richly adorned with gold jewellery, red garlands and a crown. Lower caption describes offerings to deities at Kailasa in Dhumbahari, Nepal.