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A photograph of a Shiva lingam set on a dark black stone yoni-shaped base inside a temple shrine with gold-coloured arched surround and small oil lamps. A man in a white shirt and white trousers stands at left, pouring liquid from a metal vessel onto the lingam during abhishekam. Beside him a smaller figure partly visible behind him. At right an older man with glasses, wearing white dhoti and white shawl with a red border, holds a brass plate with offerings. A large brass hanging lamp is suspended from the ceiling above the shrine.

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