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Night photograph of a Rudrabhishekam ritual at an outdoor platform. A priest in a white dhoti and bare upper body, wearing a rudraksha mala, sits on a metal staircase-style platform beside a large dark shivalinga draped with a garland of yellow, red and green flowers. Another seated priest in orange-saffron cloth sits on the steps beside him, and a further figure is partly visible at the lower left among brass pots and vessels used for abhishekam. Bright lights illuminate the scene against a plain concrete wall.

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