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A temple abhishekam scene. A bare-chested priest with short grey hair and white sacred ash marks on his arms and chest, wearing a white dhoti with a yellow-striped border, bends forward and pours liquid from a golden kalasha onto a black linga on a dark stone peetha. Behind him stand gilded deity murtis: a crowned figure in red on the left-centre, a goddess in red sari with floral garlands and pearl necklaces, and a bearded attendant in a maroon turban and rudraksha mala on the right. A smaller gold figure and a gold kalasha sit at the base, with orange cloths draped on the side platforms and yellow marigold garlands.

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