Five women in orange saris with gold borders stand in a row on red stone steps lined with small black Shivalinga stones on pedestals. Each woman wears a rudraksha mala and holds a small brass or metal vessel and a stick-like object in her hands, standing before the lingas. Dress and steps are red and orange throughout, a shrine-like setting for ritual abhishekam-style worship. - Nithyanandapedia

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Five women in orange saris with gold borders stand in a row on red stone steps lined with small black Shivalinga stones on pedestals. Each woman wears a rudraksha mala and holds a small brass or metal vessel and a stick-like object in her hands, standing before the lingas. Dress and steps are red and orange throughout, a shrine-like setting for ritual abhishekam-style worship.

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