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A man with his upper body bare and an orange-saffron dhoti tied at the waist pours water from a golden kalasha over a large dark stone Nandi bull statue during a rudrabhishekam at night. He wears a rudraksha mala and gold bangles, and his hair is tied in a bun. Water sprays and falls over the statue. Behind him, another man in white stands near saffron flags and a green-railed staircase lit by lights.

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