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A woman in a lime-green silk sari with a red border and silver armlets leans over a deity murti decorated with thick garlands of yellow marigolds, purple flowers and red roses. She touches the figure's head while an attendant at left holds a golden plate. Gold jewelled ornaments and a crown-like headdress adorn the murti, and a rudraksha-style mala hangs at its chest. Behind it stand gilded hands and jewelled figures in green and red garments. The scene suggests an abhishekam or puja offering at a temple. A figure with an orange turban is visible in the central murti area, but the appearance is too indistinct to make a reliable identification.

2011-12-16 +1 copies

A priest in a maroon dhoti and shawl with a gold border stands at an altar performing abhishekam to a black stone lingam wrapped in an orange cloth and draped with yellow and purple flower garlands and red roses. He reaches up with his right hand to touch the lingam's silver-and-gold adornments, including a row of green gem-set ornaments, while an attendant in a maroon cloth holds a gold plate of offerings nearby. Behind them, a deity murti wears a red silk sari with gold border and heavy gold jewellery, and rudraksha beads are worn on the priest's arms and neck.

A man with a long black dreadlock-style braid wrapped in a rust-orange cloth stands bent forward, his hand resting on a tall pillar wrapped in yellow and red roses, white flowers and green leaves. He wears a red-and-white beaded garland, gold armbands, a gold necklace and rings, with white vibhuti marks on his forehead. Beside him is a large golden oil lamp, and a golden ornament with a peacock-like finial rises at the left. Gold-edged red silk and flower garlands fill the background.

A seated figure in saffron-orange robes with a long rudraksha mala draped over the shoulder and bare upper arms adorned with orange bangles performs ritual worship before a shrine. Behind him, a large deity murti is decorated with rich red and gold ornaments, white and pink garlands, and a gold-and-white dhoti-style garment. In front, a clear crystal spatika linga sits on a yellow cloth surrounded by white jasmine and red flowers, while a lit oil lamp stands at right. The figure's hands are held over the linga in an offering gesture, consistent with abhishekam. The figure's distinctive hair and orange ornamented attire are visible cues, and the page identifies this event as Rudrabishekam at a temple, so the figure is.

May 27 2013

A man in a rust-orange (saffron-toned) sannyasi wrap and a yellow and red flower garland stands at left, smiling and touching a deity murti with both hands while holding a thin lit stick or offering near its ornamented face. The murti wears a tall jeweled crown, a large gold necklace, gemstone-studded armour-like ornaments and a green draped garment, and is surrounded by dense garlands of marigold, red roses and white flowers, typical of an abhishekam or alankara puja. Another ornate figure in a green skirt and leopard-print covered garment stands behind.

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A photograph of a man with long, swept-back dark hair standing at the left front of a temple shrine, wearing saffron-orange robes, a red-and-gold rudraksha mala, a gold-and-bead necklace and gold bangles, with a red tilak on his forehead. He smiles and raises his right hand in a blessing gesture. Behind him, two large gilded deity murtis wearing orange garments, crowns and jewelled necklaces stand on a dais, with a trident visible above. In front of them is a golden shivalinga adorned with rudraksha beads, a green-and-gold kalasha-style ornament and a garland of marigolds in yellow, white and red. Massive multicoloured flower garlands in red, yellow, purple and green drape the shrine, and a robed attendant in orange stands at the right edge. Probable Swamiji is the central candidate, identified by long hair, saffron robes, rudraksha mala and gold ornaments.

A temple ritual photograph. A bearded man with long dreadlocked hair wrapped in a rust-red turban and reddish-brown cloth, with gold armband and bangles, reaches to adjust a tall flower-garlanded altar at a golden deity murti. The garlands are yellow, orange, red and white, with a gold-decorated frame and an ornate gold and red headdress. A second attendant in orange cloth with rudraksha and a long braid stands at left. Brass kalasha pots and offering vessels sit in the foreground. Appearance suggests a person performing the puja, though this is uncertain. Gold-embroidered red and orange silks drape the deity.

A temple worship scene at night: a man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing a reddish-brown dhoti with a pink and white flower garland around his neck and gold bangles, reaches up to adorn a silver-faced deity murti with white and yellow flowers. The murti is dressed in orange and gold silk, heavily jewelled, and wears a silver crown, surrounded by dense red, white, purple and yellow flower garlands. Behind him stand a bald man in a gold-chain-adorned orange cloth and a young shaven-headed attendant in orange robes with a white forehead marking. A brass plate with offerings is at the lower left, and orange and red cloth hangs in the background.