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A shaved-headed man in an orange-red robe sits cross-legged on a rocky ledge at night, performing a ritual. He wears a long rudraksha-style mala around his neck and white sacred markings on his forehead and arms. He holds a small brass vessel pouring over a brass oil lamp. Beside him is a purple and gold-bordered cloth draped over a large garland of yellow, white and pink flowers. A brass plate, a brass pot, a banana, lemons, incense sticks and a dish of offerings sit in front of him. The scene appears to be a worship ritual or abhishekam at a temple site.

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