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A dim indoor ritual scene shows a man in a light blue plaid shirt and grey trousers pouring water from a large brass kalasha over a green silk-draped structure resting in a blue inflatable tub with lotus flowers floating on the water. A woman in a white and cream sari with gold bangles stands beside him, another person in an orange shawl stands behind, and a shaved-headed figure in a white shirt is in the foreground. Water streams from a green-draped object. Another brass vessel is visible at the lower left. No a person candidate is clearly visible.

Evening abhishekam at a temple hall where devotees pour water from large brass kalashas over a green-draped deity murti set in a blue basin decorated with floating lotus flowers and lotus leaves. A woman in a white sari with red border and gold-coloured trim pours water in the foreground, while a young boy in white and a teenager in white kurta stand behind. A woman in a purple sari with a green-and-gold border and an older woman with grey hair in an orange sari watch closely. A man in a white turban and an orange sash sits at the left edge, and a man in white with an orange sash stands at the right. Other devotees in white and pale clothing walk in the background along a striped carpeted floor, with colourful hanging textile banners overhead.

September 10 2006

Photograph of a ritual water offering at an indoor site. Several young boys in white shirts and green-and-red lungis or dhotis pour water from brass kalasha pots into a blue pool decorated with green lotus leaves and white lotus flowers. Behind them, a woman in a white sari with a rudraksha-style necklace and an older woman in an orange shawl with a pink-clad companion stand by, some holding brass pots. Water flows from a hose into the pool. The setting appears to be an abhishekam-style water ritual. Cream and red banners hang on the wall.

November 05 2006

Outdoor ritual photo at a blue pool lined with banana leaves and a red-fringed canopy. Three men lean over the water: on the left a man in white clothes, in the centre a man in a gold-and-orange kurta with a white and red shawl and dark glasses, bending to immerse a small deity murti in the water, and on the right a grey-haired man in an orange robe with a wristwatch, also reaching into the pool. Spectators in colourful clothes stand behind under red-tasselled umbrellas. The water appears to be part of an abhishekam-style ceremony.

A family receives a blessing at a teal-lit shrine area beside twisted glass or crystal columns. A man in a navy patterned shirt stands at right looking ahead, with a woman in a white embroidered salwar kameez and red bangle touching the head of a small child in a red shirt and blue face mask. A person with long dreadlocks in an orange top is partially visible at bottom right, and an orange-robed figure stands at the left edge. The hand of an unseen person reaches in from the left to bless the child.

September 10 2006

September 09 2016

Outdoor-style tent event with a metal scaffold roof. A man in an orange robe, with long swept-back dark hair and a dark rudraksha mala necklace, raises his right hand over a line of devotees and holds a gold-tipped ceremonial staff. In front of him, a shaved-headed monk in orange robes holds a large silver bowl. Devotees along a metal railing, several with palms pressed together in namaskar, lean forward to receive blessing. Men in striped shirts and a woman in a blue sari stand among them. The image is a photograph.

July 30 2006

Night photograph in a dark temple interior of a shirtless priest in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl bending over a black stone shivalingam set on a black yoni-pitha base, pouring liquid from a metal vessel onto it. Behind him a standing group of men in white kurtas and dhotis, one in a red checked shirt and one in a white shirt with a pendant, watch closely, and a woman in an orange shawl stands at right. At right a large dark deity murti is draped in white cloth with a yellow-gold border and a garland of marigolds. Red stone and scattered flower petals surround the base.