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Outdoor photo of a tiered red-stepped courtyard lined with rows of black Shiva lingams on small pedestals, with red flags on poles along the right edge. A bare-chested man with long dreadlocked hair and a white dhoti with gold border walks down the steps carrying a small brass vessel, sunlight flaring across the frame. Several people in white clothes stand or bend along the steps and near a red wall at the left, and a few white-clad devotees are seen further back. The scene suggests a lingam abhishekam ritual in progress; no visible printed name identifies the man.

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