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A large grey Shiva lingam with silver bands and a garland of red, yellow, green and white flowers is being bathed by devotees standing on a metal scaffold. Three people stand on the platform: a woman in an orange-red sari with gold bangles and a gold chain holding a white cloth or offering, a man in saffron robes with a sash, white tilak and mala beads, and another man in orange robes at the lower left, all holding white items. Milky liquid. White sky in background.

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