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A photograph of a temple abhishekam at a black stone deity murti. A priest in an orange turban and orange cloth, wearing rudraksha bracelets, pours water from a copper kalasha with a coconut-fibre wrap over the head of the murti. White jasmine garlands and yellow marigold strands hang on the statue, with a coconut and mango leaves at its base. Only the priest's arms and shoulder are visible, along with the blurred edge of another person at the left.

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A photograph of a temple abhishekam in progress. A man with long dark hair, wearing a sleeveless saffron-orange garment and a pink rose garland, pours water from a brass vessel over a dark stone deity murti dressed with purple and orange flower garlands. A white-clad priest stands behind him, a kumkum/vibhuti mark is visible on his forehead, and an orange-painted wall with a lamp motif and a chain behind it forms the setting. A man in a pink shirt holding marigold garlands stands at the right edge.

A photograph of a temple ritual at a black stone deity murti. A priest in a red-orange turban and a red-brown dhoti with a white garland stands at the right, holding a brass lamp that flames while he lights it. Behind him a crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis presses close, some with folded hands, and a man with a camera stands among them. Blue wall and rafters with white garlands frame the shrine.

2014-06-29 +1 copies

Night photo of an abhishekam at an outdoor ritual. A bare-chested man in an orange-saffron dhoti with a rudraksha mala and beaded wrist bracelets pours water from a gold kalasha over a large dark stone lingam wrapped in a garland of yellow and red flowers. Water droplets spray in the air; colourful lights glow in the background.

A bare-chested man in an orange dhoti and orange shawl raises a lit oil lamp with his right hand during an evening ritual, holding a brass bell in his left hand. He wears a rudraksha mala, a long bead necklace and a white headband with a red tilak. Behind him stands a dark deity murti decorated with orange and green garlands and a jewelled collar. On the left, a man in white holds a tall gold staff, and a large orange ornate umbrella stands on the right, with a woman with folded hands at its edge.

A photograph of a ritual abhishekam at a temple shrine. A priest in a red-orange turban and a red-and-gold dhoti, with a white sacred thread and a white flower garland, pours liquid from a vessel onto a dark stone deity murti with a garland of white and pink flowers and a saffron cloth. Behind the priest, a crowd of men in white shirts and white dhotis, some with shawls, stands watching and some with hands folded, while a tray of flowers sits at the left edge. The setting is a covered temple walkway with a teal-painted wall on the right.

2014-06-29 +1 copies

Outdoor temple scene at dusk showing a shirtless priest in a saffron-orange dhoti with a yellow sash and a red-and-white garland, pouring liquid or offering from a vessel over a large black Ganesha murti. The black stone deity is adorned with white, yellow and red flower garlands and pink flowers, seated on a black pedestal beside an ornate gold-leaf carved arch. A second figure in white cloth stands behind, partly visible at the top of the frame, holding up a tall ritual implement or vessel. Abhishekam to a Ganesha murti in an open-air shrine setting.

A photograph inside a small shrine showing a bare-chested young male priest in a white dhoti with a green and yellow border, leaning forward to perform aarti before a dark stone deity murti. He holds a brass lamp with a lit oil flame toward the carved black stone image, which is garlanded with white and yellow marigold flowers and draped with a white cloth bordered in red and gold. A second dark stone figure stands at left in red and gold cloth, and a brass oil lamp burns at right beside a wooden lattice grille. The wall is plain and the stone sculptures appear weathered.

2012-05-18 +1 copies

A photograph inside a temple shrine with black stone walls. A man in an orange-red turban and bare upper body, wearing a long multicolour flower garland with orange and yellow blooms and a rudraksha bracelet, stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, smiling. Beside him, a man in a blue dhoti with a pink cloth at the waist holds his hands together. A third man with shaved head in orange-brown cloth stands at the left edge. Before them is a black stone deity murti wearing a white cloth, a white and yellow flower garland and a small orange-yellow flower, with a raised weapon in one hand. Another hand is visible at the right edge.

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