A smooth, egg-shaped dark purplish-grey stone lingam sits in a shallow circular stone basin, encircled by a curved rusty metal ring. A bent metal pipe arches above it from the back. Behind the basin is a rough granite wall, dry straw and a reddish stone block. At the left edge a framed picture with a gold patterned border is partly visible, with incense sticks nearby. No people are present. - Nithyanandapedia

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A smooth, egg-shaped dark purplish-grey stone lingam sits in a shallow circular stone basin, encircled by a curved rusty metal ring. A bent metal pipe arches above it from the back. Behind the basin is a rough granite wall, dry straw and a reddish stone block. At the left edge a framed picture with a gold patterned border is partly visible, with incense sticks nearby. No people are present.

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