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Indoor temple-room ritual at a Tamil Nadu ashram. In the foreground, a man in a rust-brown dhoti with a long multicoloured flower garland and gold armbands lifts white cloth over a metal murti of a deity with a crown, white garland and white cloth at its waist. Beside it, a bronze figure in a green and red sari with pearl necklaces stands next to a brass lamp. A bald man in a brown dhoti and rudraksha mala with folded hands kneels at left, while a row of robed devotees in white and saffron stands with palms joined near a chandelier-lit hall. Tiled wall at right. Ritual of deity dressing or abhishekam.

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