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A priest in white dhoti with gold border, bare-chested and wearing a face mask, pours liquid from a vessel over a black lingam on a dark stone yoni-peetha base during abhishekam in a temple shrine. Behind him stands a golden murti of Shiva wearing a patterned crown and garlands with his consort in a red sari and gold jewellery, flanked by two other large golden murtis of attendants or saints wearing pearl necklaces and garlands. Red velvet drapes frame the shrine, and small golden figurines and a small golden shrikhanda stand at the base.

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