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Outdoor ritual abhishekam in a crowded pavilion decorated with banana leaves and striped cloth. A bare-chested man with long wet hair stands centre, arms raised, being poured over with water; he wears a red-orange dhoti, layered gold and rudraksha garlands, and a rudraksha mala. Around him, devotees in saffron and orange turbans and orange-red shawls with rudraksha malas press their palms together or watch. Men in white kurtas stand at left, and a silver-and-gold offering tray with bananas, coconuts and flower garlands sits in the foreground.

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