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Many people sit on red stone steps lined with black stone shivalingams and small brass pots and oil lamps, performing a ritual abhishekam-style offering. A bald man in white at lower left holds a rudraksha-style mala, and a woman in white beside him holds a plate. Women in salwar kameez, one in turquoise and blue, one in pink, one in red and black, sit beside lingams. A red flag stands at right. Nearby a woman in a beige top adds offerings from a tray. The scene has many seated devotees, with about 20 visible in total.

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