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Outdoor ritual abhishekam at a stone-paved riverside ghat. A young man in orange robes kneels at a low gold-coloured wooden stand holding a brass pot and pouring liquid over a small gold deity murti and a stepped gold kalasha-like base. Yellow-tinted water pools on the stone. Another orange-robed man kneels beside him with hands extended, and marigold garlands and flowers rest on silver plates in front. Behind them seated and standing devotees in orange, saffron and yellow shawls and white clothes watch with hands folded, one woman in pink with dark hair in a bun, and a brass bowl sits at left. Red pillar and a metal railing in the background.

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