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Outdoor ritual at a riverside steps setting in Uttarkashi. A man with long dark swept-back hair, wearing an orange shawl and rudraksha mala, pours liquid from a golden vessel over a golden deity murti seated on a golden pedestal with a shivalinga-style base on a low wooden table. Around him, devotees in orange and saffron shawls, a man in white with a long white beard, and a woman in yellow sit on the ground. A microphone stands beside the table and a red stone pillar is behind. Abhishekam is being performed. The man pouring has a person appearance with long hair, orange clothing and rudraksha beads.

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