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A photograph of a priest performing abhishekam at a shivalinga within a gilded shrine. The priest, bare-chested with an orange dhoti and a rudraksha mala, pours water from a brass vessel over a tall white lingam. Horizontal white tripundra lines mark his forehead and arms. Behind him stand ornate gold arches carved with a lion-face motif, red and gold drapery hangs in the background, and gold-embroidered cloth decorates the left edge. The caption reads Sayaraksha Kala Abhishekam.

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