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Photograph of a ceremonial abhishekam-style offering inside a decorated temple-like pavilion with an ornate gold-and-cream arched backdrop, floral garlands in orange, pink and white, and a tall ornamental pillar on each side. A man in a white dhoti-style ritual cloth and an orange shawl stands at left, while a man with long dark hair in white clothes and an orange shawl steps forward to lift a green coconut or fruit above a seated figure. The seated figure wears a white headwrap or turban, a cream garment and a heavy pink flower garland with green fruits and rose petals draped over the lap and shoulders. Another man in white kneels at the lower right near scattered petals, and a fourth person in white stands at left edge with an orange shawl. White air-conditioning units and blue floor mats are visible.

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