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A photograph of an abhishekam in a temple shrine. A man with long dark hair, wearing an orange-brown dhoti and an orange shawl with a bare upper body, pours a golden-yellow liquid from a small vessel over a black stone lingam-type base in front of a deity murti. The murti is a seated pair of deity figures with ornate gold crowns, a trident-like staff, jewelled necklaces, and green and red garments, framed by a large arch of marigold and rose garlands in yellow, red, purple and white. To the left, a shaved-headed priest in a maroon dhoti with a sacred thread and rudraksha mala stands with his hands folded, and another attendant in reddish robes stands beside him. A tall brass oil lamp stands at the right, and small brass ritual vessels sit in the foreground.

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