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Photograph of a Shiva lingam abhishekam in a temple shrine. A large silver-grey lingam with a tall cylindrical shaft is being bathed, water pouring over it. Beside it lies a deity murti with gold face and limbs, draped in a green and gold sari with a leopard-print cloth and a garland of red, yellow, purple and white flowers. A man in a saffron-orange dhoti with a white sacred thread stands behind the lingam holding a conch-shaped vessel. A woman in a red-orange sari with a gold-bordered blouse leans over the lingam, pouring from a vessel. A man with white tripundra markings on his forehead stands at the upper left. Rose petals are scattered on the floor and the stone wall is visible.

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