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A priest in an orange dhoti and orange shawl with a gold border pours golden-yellow liquid from a silver ornate vessel over a white marble seated statue. The statue, with a raised right hand in abhaya mudra and a red tilak on the forehead, is draped in the yellow liquid, which runs down its robes and onto the square base. The priest wears copper bangles. This is an abhishekam ritual performed on a statue. Background shows a dark stone object and blurred gold ornaments.

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