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A photograph of a temple ritual in a stone-pillared shrine. A priest in white dhoti with a gold-bordered cloth and a red rudraksha-style mala pours water from a silver vessel into the cupped hands of a seated devotee in white shirt and white dhoti with a red thread on his wrist. Brass oil lamps on stands, a small figure and sculpted granite pillars stand behind them, and a red cloth hangs at the right.

Photograph of a pradosha puja at an outdoor temple shrine under a stone pavilion. A bald man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, with a white tilak on his forehead, pours water over a black shivalinga on a dark granite pedestal. Beside him, a man in white dhoti and shirt holds a brass plate. Behind them stands a large gilded murti of Shiva and Parvati seated together, with a white-smeared face and red lips, Shiva holding a trident-like implement. Small gold shrine models and a gold deity figure sit on a tray at the base, and white flower petals float on the wet stone floor. Green trees and a red curtain frame the background.

February 27 2016

2016-02-27 +1 copies

A man in white ritual clothing leans over a black stone abhishekam basin in a temple, pouring water from a brass pot onto a golden shivalinga-style object. He wears thin-rimmed glasses, a dark rudraksha mala, and a visitor badge on his chest. Behind him, a woman in a red sari sits near the basin. To the left stand brass bells, a brass cup and a small wooden table decorated with a yellow flower garland. Carved grey granite pillars frame the scene.

A photograph of a temple abhishekam at a shrine under a stone roof. A man with a shaved head and tilak, wearing an orange-red shawl over his body, stretches his arm to pour liquid onto the forehead of a golden Shiva-Parvati murti seated on a lotus pedestal. Beside him, a man in white dhoti with an orange waist cloth holds a brass plate. A black stone shivalinga stands in front of the statues on a dark stone yoni-pitha, with a small golden kalasha and a small golden deity figure at its base. Petals float in water on the ground, and trees are visible behind the shrine.

A photograph of a temple shrine with a gilded metal Shiva and Parvati murti seated on a pedestal, with a black stone shivalinga in front. A bald man in an orange saffron wrap and a second man in white dhoti with an orange sash are performing an abhishekam: the man in orange pours liquid from a raised vessel over the deity, and the man in white holds a brass plate. Small gold-coloured pyramid and a small standing deity figure sit on a platform before the shrine, with flower petals scattered in water on the floor. Trees and greenery are visible behind the open pavilion.

June 29 2014

2014-06-29 +1 copies

Pradosha puja at an outdoor shrine beneath a stone roof. A shaved-headed man in an orange-saffron sannyasi robe with white tripundra marks on his forehead pours or smears white substance over a black stone Shivalinga. Beside him a man in white dhoti and white shirt holds a brass plate. Behind them stands a golden-bronze statue of a seated deity pair, a male figure with four arms and a crown and a female figure in ornate jewellery, flanked by greenery. Small golden offerings, a pyramid-shaped vessel and a small figure sit on the wet floor, which is scattered with flower petals.

July 27 2014

A photograph of a temple puja at a shrine. A man in white dhoti and shawl with gold-bordered cloth, bare-chested with a sandalwood tilak on his forehead, sits on the floor pouring liquid from a glass vessel onto a copper shivalinga-style vessel on a wooden stand. A second man in white sits behind him, holding a small pot. Brass and silver puja vessels, a gilded arched backdrop with red and gold drapery, and orange cloth fill the scene, with a pink flower at the base of the stand.

A photograph of a Shiva-Parvati murti pair in copper-gold finish seated under a stone pavilion roof, with a black stone lingam in front receiving water poured from a vessel. A bald man in an orange saffron dhoti and shawl pours the water over the lingam while holding a metal vessel, a white tilak on his forehead. Beside him a young man in white dhoti and shirt with an orange cloth sash stands watching, and an older man in white is partly visible at the left edge. Small golden pyramid-shaped sri chakra object and a small golden deity figure sit on the stone base at the front, with flower petals scattered on the wet floor. Trees are visible through the open side of the pavilion. This appears to be a pradosha puja abhishekam.