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Outdoor abhishekam at a black stone Dakshinamoorthy-style murti seated on a raised platform beneath a large spreading banyan tree. A man in white dhoti with a yellow shawl pours liquid from a vessel over the murti's head. Around the base, a mound of orange-red flowers is ringed by a band of white and dark flowers. Brass kalashas stand on the ground nearby. Women in white sarees and a woman in green stand in a half circle, and several people in white and orange robes sit in the foreground facing the murti. Hanging aerial roots and a white arch frame the scene.

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