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Night photograph of a Rudrabhishekam ritual at an outdoor ashram setting with blurred colourful bokeh lights behind. A bearded man in a brown-maroon turban with a gold crescent and lotus ornament, wearing a gold-bead necklace and a rudraksha-style neck garland, pours water from a gold vessel onto a large black lingam decorated with a border of red, yellow and white flower garlands. A younger man on the left, bare-chested with long dark hair and white body markings, holds a small object over the lingam, while a third man in an orange-brown cloth holds a brass pot and bowl. Smoke or incense rises at left and oil lamps sit near the base of the lingam.

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