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A photograph of a ritual abhishekam scene in soft, smoky light. In the foreground a priest with white ash markings on his bare arm raises a folded red and purple silk cloth with gold border, water dripping from its edge. Behind him, a second figure in a green and gold headwrap and a yellow garment is partly visible. A bald, white-bearded man in a white cloth stands at the lower centre, partly out of focus, with white tilak marks on his forehead. Incense or steam drifts across the frame and lamps glow in the background. No candidate for a person is clearly identifiable by appearance, so the role is described as a priest and attendant.

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