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A photograph of a temple ritual at a golden shrine. A priest in an orange saffron garment with a long orange shawl and an orange beaded garland stands at left, with white ash markings on his arms and face and his hair tied in a knot. He holds a silver plate with a lit oil lamp and offers it toward a gilded bronze deity murti of Shiva with four arms, holding a trident and other implements, with a serpent coiled around the waist and a smaller gilded figure beside it. Ornate golden arches and perforated panels with coloured glass form the backdrop. Caption reads Bhikshatanamurthy Abhishekam, Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Brahmotsavam - Day 8.

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