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A photograph of a screen showing a ritual scene. Several shaved-headed men in white dhotis sit on the floor around a white marble platform decorated with orange and yellow marigold garlands, scattered petals and small brass vessels. A bare-chested priest in the foreground pours or offers flowers over a dark deity murti at the centre, while another man at the upper right performs the rite. The image is a screen capture showing people, not physical people in the room, and the people in view are priests and attendants.

A photograph inside a temple of a black stone shivalinga surrounded by marigold petals and scattered flowers. A man in a maroon and gold-bordered dhoti bends low over the linga, face down near the stone, with a person's hand and head near the yoni base. Behind, a figure in orange robes and rudraksha malas sits cross-legged. A bare-chested man in white dhoti leans over the stone with his hands flat on it. Other hands and arms of devotees reach in from the edges, and offerings of flowers are placed around the linga. The scene shows a rudrabhisheka or abhishekam ritual.

October 24 2015

A homa fire ritual at night with a square fire pit lit by flames. Four priests in white ritual clothes, with white dhotis and red-bordered cloths and gold beaded necklaces, sit around the pit making offerings; one priest in the foreground sits with hands outstretched over the fire. Behind them a figure in red-orange cloth is seated near a deity murti decorated with red flower garlands and white jasmine strands, with brass oil lamps and a kalasha-like vessel in front. Trays hold yellow flowers, nuts and offerings, and a bowl of liquid sits beside the fire. A framed portrait of a saffron-robed figure with a crown appears at upper right, and the scene includes a brass lamp with a burning wick.

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August 09 2007

A temple abhishekam scene at a shrine with a deity murti dressed in garlands and a golden crown in the upper right. A man in white dhoti with a red-bordered shawl and a man in orange robe stand near a golden ritual table. A figure in orange robe with bare upper back leans over the golden platform, pouring from a steel vessel onto a small brass deity figure. Brass trays hold marigold and red flower garlands, green leaves, a brass bell, a small brass lamp and a conch-shaped vessel. Several people in white and orange stand in the background, including a man with a face mask.

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A temple puja in progress inside a pink-walled shrine. A bare-chested priest with long hair, a full beard, white body markings, rudraksha beads and an orange dhoti sits on the floor, gesturing toward a brass pot-shaped offering with a lit oil lamp and white flowers. Beside him a man in a white dhoti sits with palms joined, and on the right another man in orange cloth attends with a metal plate. Above the altar a golden deity murti with a crown stands behind a brass lamp stand and flower garlands, with a large steel vessel and kalasha-style pots on the floor.

A photo of a shivalinga abhishekam in a temple-style room with a tiled floor. A shirtless priest in an orange dhoti, with a cloth draped over his shoulder, pours liquid over a black shivalinga set on a silver platform inside a large steel basin. Beside him, a bearded man with a tilak and a topknot leans in, and a younger man in a purple-bordered white dhoti kneels at the right. Another man in white stands at far left. Silver bowls, a bunch of white and yellow flowers, a coconut and a brass tray of puja items sit on the floor, and brass lamps stand in the background.

A photograph of a puja being performed on a tiled floor with a checkered pattern. A man in a rust-brown robe with a long rudraksha mala sits at right, tending a silver tray holding a silver cup, marigold garlands, green leaves and a small silver dish. Beside him a man in saffron robes reads from a small book and holds a silver vessel. A man in a pinkish-red robe sits at left with arms folded beside a metal container, and another person in brown stands in the background doorway. Silver bowls with red and yellow powders, a rose-petal bowl and brass pots complete the ritual setting. Three people are visible.