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Two shirtless young men perform abhishekam on a row of black stone Shivalingams set on lotus-carved pedestals, pouring water from golden conical vessels. The man on the left holds a gold cone in his right hand and wears a gold bangle; the man in the centre has a yellow-ochre tilak on his forehead and holds a second gold cone. Behind them, other men in white dhotis sit at the lingams, and the lingams stand on a red-ochre cloth. Scattered brick and concrete structures sit in the background.

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