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A shaved-headed priest, shirtless and wearing an orange dhoti, pours a golden liquid from a brass pot onto a gold-coloured deity murti standing on a plinth in front of a dark stone temple structure. The murti wears a pink flower garland and a red-and-gold cloth. The liquid streams down the stone and splashes in the air. Rudraksha beads hang around the priest's neck and wrist, and white tilak marks are on his forearm and chest. Another brass vessel is visible at the far left edge.

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