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Outdoor abhishekam ceremony at a large dark stone structure draped with yellow, orange and white marigold garlands. Two shirtless priests in saffron-orange dhotis with rudraksha malas stand at left and centre. The priest at centre pours liquid from a brass vessel over a gilded deity murti on a pedestal, while the priest at left holds a smaller brass pot. Brass buckets sit in the foreground. Liquid streams down the stone behind them. Seated devotees in white and a few standing spectators are visible on red-carpeted steps at the right edge.

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