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A man with a shaved head and white horizontal tilak on his forehead pours milk from a silver vessel over a stone lingam during abhishekam. He wears a white kurta, a yellow shawl over his shoulder and a heavy gold necklace with a pendant. A gold bangle is on his wrist, and a small red-ringed mark is visible on the silver vessel. A faint blue logo appears in the upper left corner and a copyright symbol on the stone. The page credits the event to a Dec 2009 ashram rite. The man's appearance is not clear enough to confirm identity, so he is described by role as the officiating priest performing the milk abhishekam.

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