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A dark stone Shivalinga is dressed for worship, draped in a white cloth with broad gold-and-red zari borders and a green cloth canopy above it. A garland of white flowers hangs across the front, and a pink and orange flower offering sits at its base. Three horizontal white tripundra marks are painted on the front of the linga. A lit oil lamp stands on a metal stand in the foreground, and a blurred hand is visible at the left edge. The setting is a dim temple shrine.

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