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A large dark black lingam stands in the foreground, draped from top to bottom with a long garland of alternating marigold yellow, red, white and purple flowers. Two men stand atop the lingam, one in the front with long hair and a red-and-yellow floral garland, wearing an orange-brown wrap with gold necklace and hands folded in prayer, and a shaved-headed man beside him in an orange shawl with rudraksha beads. Behind them, a tented stage is decorated with red and yellow marigold strings. Seated on red stone steps, several people dressed in white ritual clothes watch in silence. Silver-coloured bands are fixed to the lingam's side. The scene suggests an abhishekam-style puja on a shivalingam.

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