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A large dark polished lingam stands in the left foreground, draped with a garland of yellow and red flowers and green leaves, with silver bands on its base. On a raised metal platform behind it, a bare-chested man with long swept-back dark hair and rudraksha beads sits cross-legged on a white cloth, holding a small lamp and performing a ritual while looking upward. Beside him, a second person in an orange-saffron robe sits on the platform. Red brick steps and a metal staircase rise on the right, with a red flag and a pale sky behind.

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