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Night ritual photograph at a temple shrine. A long-haired man in an orange dhoti and red sleeveless top, with a rudraksha mala around his neck, pours white granular material from a bowl over a dark stone Shivalinga set in a basin. Behind him, a second man in orange robes holds a brass plate. To the right, a large golden deity murti wearing a red garment and flower garlands stands beside the shrine. Strings of small lights hang overhead, and a brass lamp with a flame sits at the lower left among seated devotees. A plaque on the wall lists devotee names in the Dhyanapeetam shrine. This appears to be an abhishekam, the ritual bathing of the Shivalinga.