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A photograph of a temple abhishekam at Kailasa Seattle, Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam's Nithyanandeshwara Hindu Temple. A young male priest in an orange saffron dhoti and shawl, bare-chested with white ash markings on his arms, pours water from a brass pot over a small gilded murti of Kaalabhairavar with a trident, standing in a brass pedestal bowl on a red patterned cloth. Behind him a dark Shiva lingam is decorated with red and white flower garlands, rudraksha beads and a silver face ornament. A smaller orange-clad figure stands on a gold pedestal, and a pink silk cloth and tassel-trimmed drapes hang in the background. The caption reads Kailasa Seattle - Nithyanandeshwara Hindu Temple.

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