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At night, a priest in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with a white tilak on his forehead and hair tied up, pours water from a golden kalasha over a large dark Shivalingam. The lingam is heavily decorated with garlands of yellow, orange, purple and white flowers and a yellow flower on top, and water runs down its surface during abhishekam. Behind him, a bare-chested man in a white dhoti and a devotee in white stand near the crowd, with red flags, a lit lamp and a fence in the background.

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