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Night-time outdoor ritual at a shrine with a black stone lingam draped with a garland of pink and white flowers and a cobra-hood brass cover. Two brass trident-topped stands with saffron and yellow flags, and an ornate brass oil lamp stand with a bowl-shaped lamp, frame the scene. A woman in a white sari with a blue blouse and bangles stands beside a bare-chested man in grey trousers and a gold chain, both holding offerings. Beside them a shirtless man with long hair wears an orange-saffron dhoti and white shoulder cloth, and a shaved-headed man in a white dhoti and saffron cloth sits in the background. Brass vessels of water stand in front, and an ornate umbrella with a carved wooden figure shows at left.

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