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Young boys in red dhotis with gold-bordered shawls play golden conch-shaped horns during a Rudrabhishekam at a row of black Shivalingams. Several white-cloth-draped lingams line red steps behind them, and small offerings sit on the wet black base. The boy on the left wears a white forehead mark and beaded necklaces; the boy in the centre wears gold chains and blows a horn. Another boy at right holds a horn. Abhishekam-style ritual setting.

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