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May 12 20132013-05-12A photograph of a ritual on a stage with colourful painted pillars and a yellow-and-blue backdrop. A priest in white dhoti and a white turban with a flower garland holds a silver pouring vessel high above, while another man with bare arms and white markings on his shoulders reaches toward a bundle wrapped in yellow cloth. Next to him, a figure in a white garment with a gold bangle and a yellow-banded wrist holds the cloth over a large gilded ornamental base with gold figures. The arrangement suggests an abhishekam or puja offering, with a gold-and-yellow decorated seat in the foreground. Two priests and one more participant are visible, with a fourth person partly at the edge of the frame.2013-05-12A temple ritual photograph in which a priest in a green and gold turban and a white dhoti, wearing a yellow-and-gold garland, pours liquid from a silver vessel with a spout over a brown coconut held by another man reaching in from the right. The man on the right wears gold bangles and a gold armlet and has white sacred ash marks on his arm. At left, a bare-chested man with white ash stripes on his arms stands near the rite. Behind them is an ornate deity murti decorated with a white and gold jewelled garment, pearl and gold necklaces, and red and white garlands, with a green cloth draped below. This is an abhishekam-style offering with a coconut and liquid, with no a person candidate visible.2015-10-18A seated man in white ritual dhoti and a green-bordered shawl wears a garland of yellow and red flowers and a rudraksha mala, with a white tilak on his forehead. He cups his hands around a small bundle of grass or straw while an attendant in white dhoti pours or sprinkles yellow thread and an assistant in yellow holds a silver bowl. Red and yellow flower garlands hang behind them against a red cloth.2015-07-13A close photograph of a temple ritual with hands passing a brown coconut and a small silver vessel. A central figure in a green and gold brocade headdress, with a white garland and a yellow-and-red flower garland, sips or receives liquid from a silver cup. On the left, a man with white markings on his arms and a purple cloth on his head holds the vessel, and on the right another man with a gold bangle and a garland offers the coconut. Behind them are a green cloth, ornate jewelled and gold ornaments, and heaped flowers.2015-10-18April 27 20182018-04-27 +1 copiesMarch 16 20172017-03-16July 13 20152015-07-13October 18 20152015-10-18October 18 20152015-10-18January 30 20102010-01-30February 13 20182018-02-13 +1 copies