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A photograph of a temple shrine during a Kaalasandhi Abhishekam. A bare-chested sadhu in an orange cloth, with ash marks on his body and long matted hair, pours liquid over a black linga set on a gold-edged yoni base. Behind him stand large deity murtis painted gold and red, one crowned with a red turban and one holding a trident and a gold banner, flanked by a figure with a dark face and a figure in red and gold with a white beard. The arched shrine is decorated with blue and gold mosaic patterns and yellow cloth draping. Marigold-type flowers lie at the base.

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