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A photo of a temple abhishekam or puja setup in close focus. In the foreground a young boy with a red bindi and a face mask holds a white conch-shaped shankha with silver fittings, pouring or tilting it over a tray. A second pair of hands at upper right holds another silver-capped conch. The silver plates and bowls hold red and pink flower petals, a yellow and orange offering, and green leaves. The background is a plain dark grey wall. No other figures are clearly visible.

Close photo of a hand pouring liquid from a silver cup with embossed floral engraving over a silver tray holding red flowers and yellow petals. Out of focus at left, a woman with a white forehead band and red bindi is partly visible. The hand wears dark beaded bracelets. The tray and vessels suggest an abhishekam or puja offering. No identifiable a person figure is visible.

June 07 2013

A close-up photograph of a ritual abhishekam: a hand pours water from a silver vessel with embossed floral patterns over a silver shivalingam-style object below. A blurred woman with a white forehead band is visible behind. Red flowers and yellow petals sit on a silver plate in the foreground. A dark background frames the scene.

Close-up photo of several hands pouring liquid from silver vessels during a ritual offering on a gold-rimmed tray. A silver bowl holds white liquid being poured into a silver cup, and a silver ornate pot is tilted nearby. Chopped green and white vegetables, green onion stalks, and a red apple sit on the tray among ornate silver bowls. One person wears a beaded wristband, another a clear crystal bracelet, and a sleeve in orange and dark tones appears at the top right.

Close photo of hands pouring milk from silver ladles into silver bowls during an abhishekam offering on a brass tray. A person in an orange garment at left and bangled wrists of others frame the scene. Pink roses, white flowers and small silver cups sit on the tray, with blurred silver vessels in the foreground.

Close photo of an abhishekam being performed. A pouring stream of white liquid. A figure in an orange garment with maroon border, wearing gold bangles and a ring, holds a silver spoon over silver plates of offerings and a red flower. Silver bowls, a red apple and gold ornamental surfaces surround the ritual, with other hands holding silver cups at upper right.

Close photo of an abhishekam-style ritual on a silver-toned tray. A hand in an orange-saffron sleeve pours liquid from a silver vessel into a small silver bowl held by another hand, while a silver conch-shaped shankha and bowls of green leaves and flowers sit on the tray. Only partial arms and sleeves are visible; faces are not shown.

May 24 2017

Close-up photo of a person's hand pouring a white liquid. The upper silver bowl has embossed floral and lotus-like petal patterns, and the lower bowl has scrolled engraving. A wristwatch is visible on the pouring arm against a dark background. Only the hands and arm are visible, with no face or other people shown.

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A close-up photograph of a man's hands pouring water from a silver conical vessel with engraved leaf patterns, the stream falling downward. The blurred figure behind has a shaved head and wears a white dhoti or shawl with orange-gold borders, a rudraksha-style bead mala around the neck and beaded bracelets on the wrist. The setting appears to be a temple or ritual space with warm light. This looks like abhishekam or puja water offering. The face is out of focus and not identifiable.

A close photograph of a young shaved-headed boy in an orange saffron garment with a magenta border, wearing a white vertical tilak on the forehead, a red bindi, gold hoop earrings and rudraksha malas around his neck. He holds a silver oil lamp with a lit flame over a large silver ritual tray with small silver bowls, appearing to perform an aarti or lamp offering. The background is dark.