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September 19 20112011-09-19A close photograph of a ritual abhishekam: a hand in a red sleeve and gold bangles pours water from a polished brass kalasha pot over a small golden stepped shrine piece or pedestal. Water spills in streams onto the gilded tiers. Behind it are wooden frame supports and a dark carved wooden element, with a white-clad leg visible at the left edge. No faces are visible, so no person is identified.2009-06-15Temple ritual scene with a priest in white dhoti and gold-bordered shawl holding a brass tray of pink flowers, while his hand gestures over a gold metal deity murti standing before a white marble figure on a wet stone platform. Behind him another priest in white holds a bell, and a dark stone pedestal with a carved lotus base stands at right. Carved grey stone pillars and an orange wall with a black name board frame the shrine. No identifiable a person candidate is present, only priests in ritual white.2011-09-19Close photograph of a golden sri yantra-style kalasha or shrine top, tiered with stepped square tiers and a lotus-petal domed base, set on an orange-painted wooden pedestal with arched openings. Water streams down over the gilded object and drips onto the pedestal, indicating abhishekam. A dark polished stone wall stands behind, and a person in white dhoti is partly visible at the left edge, with only the lower leg and cloth showing.2010-01-17Close-up photograph of a golden tiered shivalinga-style vessel, a stepped conical form, being bathed with a flowing white liquid poured from above by an unseen hand at the top edge. Milky liquid streams down the gilded tiers and onto the base, with a green leaf resting at the lower right beside a dark stone pedestal. A white cloth drapes in the soft-focus background on the left. This is a linga abhishekam, a ritual washing of the deity form. No physical people are clearly visible beyond a partial hand.2010-02-12A priest in a white dhoti with gold border pours water from a golden vessel over a small gold-toned deity murti draped in a red cloth, standing on a wooden platform. Behind it is a large dark stone basin and a gold-toned shrine. A golden pyramidal sri yantra-style object sits beside the murti, with scattered red and yellow flowers on the wet floor. Performing abhishekam ritual. Only partial legs and hands of the priest are visible, plus a figure in pink in the background.2014-11-06September 21 20172017-09-21 +2 copiesSeptember 19 20112011-09-19November 01 20112011-11-01September 21 20172017-09-21September 21 20172017-09-21Close-up photo of a padapuja at a gilded pedestal. A priest in white dhoti and white shawl with a gold-coloured neckpiece, wearing gold bangles, reaches toward the feet of a gold-plated deity murti, placing green leaves and flower petals on the feet. He holds a silver tray with small silver bowls and a silver vessel. Beside him, a figure in an orange-saffron garment and beaded rudraksha-style necklace stands near the statue's bare feet. The foreground pedestal is ornately carved gold. Warm evening light and a dim background.2012-01-08