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Outdoor temple courtyard under a stone roof, bright sunlight on a wet dark stone floor. A standing man with long dark hair wears an orange saffron robe, a gold-coloured garland and a bangle, holding a metal plate of flowers while bending over a copper kalasha on a low wooden stand. Flower petals scatter the wet floor. Beside him a second man in orange kneels at the stand, and a bearded man in orange sits behind it near a woman in white. Brass lamps and pots stand nearby, and a large black stone basin or lingam-style column rises on the right. Rituals such as abhishekam appear to be underway.

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