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A photo of a ritual at a Devi Meenakshi Pattabhishekam during Nithyanandotsavam. A young man in an orange turban and rudraksha mala holds up an ornate, jewelled silver-and-gold ceremonial vessel with a conical finial and red and green enamel patterns. Beside him, a man with bare shoulders and rudraksha malas holds a wrapped coconut-like offering with green ribbon. Behind them, a deity murti is dressed in a pink and red silk garment, with pink and orange flower garlands and bangles. Incense sticks lie on the lower left.

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