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A large dark grey Shiva lingam is shown from a low angle at night, wrapped with a garland of yellow and red flowers and banded with silver ornamental bands. Water runs down its surface. Above, on a metal railed platform, a priest in white ritual clothes with a white tripundra on his forehead and rudraksha beads around his neck holds a small vessel and pours during abhishekam, a Rudrabhishekam ritual. The priest has shoulder-length hair and no visible saffron or ornate a person cues, so he is described only by role.

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