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A hand holding a lit oil lamp or flame near a home-temple altar in Kailasa Dhumbarai, Nepal. A large printed portrait behind the altar shows a smiling man with a red-orange turban, a red-orange robe, gold necklaces and a rudraksha mala, with a garland of yellow and pink flowers draped on the altar, but the portrait is a printed image, not a person present. In front are small gold-metal deity murtis of Kalabhairava and companions decorated with gold jewellery and flowers, a black stone linga on a red cloth, a golden ornate throne-like frame and brass bowls, with a brass tray of yellow water and petals in the foreground. The scene shows abhishekam, alankaram and neivedyam offered to Kalabhairava.

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