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A bare-chested man with long dark hair and a beard leans forward at a temple altar, pouring liquid over a small gold deity figure standing on a gold tiered base during an abhishekam. He wears a white dhoti with gold borders and a long rudraksha mala hangs from his neck. White ash marks his arms. Behind him stands a large copper-toned statue, and beside the altar a smaller gold figure of a deity holds a staff. Red drapes, gold cloth and a dark stone basin frame the scene, with yellow liquid spilling across the platform.2019-07-15A temple abhishekam scene: a priest in white dhoti with gold border pours water from a brass kalasha over small gold murtis on a black stone pedestal. A gold figure of a standing sage stands at left, a golden shivalinga-like tiered base in the centre, and a gold figure in a maroon garment at right receives the water. Yellow flower petals lie on the dais, with a red curtain and gold cloth in the background. No person's identity is evident from the image; the priest is shown from the waist down.2019-07-15A priest in white dhoti with gold borders and a face mask pours water from a gold vessel over a black lingam in a shrine, with a small gold-plated figure and a gold Shiva-style statue beside a pyramid-shaped gold base. Behind him, another masked priest in white stands by golden deity murti figures and a red and green backdrop, with a gold-clad standing figure at right and rose petals scattered on the base. The scene appears to be abhishekam at a temple shrine.2021-10-31KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 10/16/20222022-10-16 +1 copiesA bare-chested male priest in a white dhoti with gold borders stands at left, pouring liquid from a gold vessel over a white-coated black stone Shiva lingam on a black abhishekam basin. Ash marks are on his arms and forehead. Behind him stand gold deity murtis draped with pink and white flower garlands, and a large deity figure wears a green and orange sari-like garment and gold jewelry. Two small white-painted murtis and a gold-and-white kalasha-like vessel sit on the basin with marigold petals. Red drapes form the backdrop. The scene shows abhishekam at a Hindu temple shrine.2020-02-21KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 7/15/20192019-07-15KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 1/16/20222022-01-16A photograph of a temple ritual centred on a Nataraja shrine. A shaven-headed priest in a white turban, bare-chested with a white dhoti and tilak marks on his arms and shoulders, wears a rudraksha mala and pours water from a brass vessel over a bronze Nataraja image in the Ananda Tandava dancing pose. Beside it a small bronze devotee figure stands and a second bronze figure is being bathed. Brass bowls with flower petals sit on a side table. Behind is a gold prabhavali arch against a red backdrop and gold-painted walls.A photograph of a shaved-headed priest bare-chested, wearing a white dhoti with gold border and gold chain, pouring water from a brass kalasha onto a golden murti of a standing deity on a red velvet backdrop. He has white tilak marks on forehead and arms and spectacles, leaning forward in abhishekam. A red and gold cloth drapes the murti's lower body and water flows down. This shows a priest performing abhishekam on a deity murti; the image itself does not show a person candidate.2022-07-12 +1 copiesA photo inside a temple shrine during abhishekam. A priest with a bare upper body, white dhoti with gold border, rudraksha mala and a face mask leans forward and pours water from a golden kalasha pot over a small golden figure of a deity and a black lingam-shaped stone on a dark pedestal. Behind him stand large decorated deity murtis draped in marigold and white flower garlands, including a blue-clad figure with a turban and a golden figure with a trident and yellow-red silk. Golden temple decor and a red curtain frame the scene.2021-03-09 +1 copiesPhoto 66791772022-10-16 +1 copiesApril 14 20242024-04-14