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A temple hall at a Hindu shrine where a shaved-headed man in white dhoti kneels at a stone platform holding a black Nandi bull statue, while a woman in a red-bordered white sari pours water from a copper pot over it. Behind them, garlanded deity murtis and framed images stand against a pale wall, with brass bells and a brass urn in the foreground. Several devotees sit on the floor: a woman in a green blouse and dark sari, a woman in a red sari, and another woman in a yellow sari kneeling at the right. A man in a long white robe stands near the right, and a child in a red shirt stands at the left. This appears to be an abhishekam offering to the Nandi at a shrine. The man kneeling appears to be a priest in white; no candidate's appearance meets the criteria for a person.

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