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A man with long matted dreadlocks and a white forehead mark reaches up with his right hand to touch a silver-clad deity murti. He is bare-chested with rudraksha beads on his wrist and neck. The murti has a silver crown, a jewelled collar set with red and blue stones, and a garland of red roses and yellow marigolds. A red tilak marks the forehead, and an oil lamp glows in the background beside a red wall and doorway. The scene looks like a temple puja or abhishekam. a person: the figure's long dreadlocks, bare chest and rudraksha adornments are consistent with the page's reference to a person, though the face is partly turned away.

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