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A man with a shaved head and teal-framed glasses stands in shallow water at the base of a dark stone structure, with water pouring down over him from above. He wears a white dhoti-style garment with gold-coloured borders across the shoulder and waist. Behind him are red and white painted walls and a red-edged ledge. The setting appears to be an outdoor temple-style pool or abhishekam area. The man is a single physical person and the page does not confirm a person's presence, so no appearance-based candidate is claimed.

Three men stand waist-deep in water at the edge of a temple tank, wearing unstitched white dhotis with gold borders and bare upper bodies. The man on the left, with his head shaved except for a small tuft, bends forward while water is poured over his head from above. The man in the centre, bald, holds his hands out in front of him, and the man on the right, bald and wearing blue-tinted glasses, holds his hands together near his chest. Behind them a dark stone structure, red-painted stone walls and a metal railing frame the tank. The scene appears to be a ritual bath or abhishekam-style purification.

A photograph at a temple, with a man in a white dhoti and shirt on the left pouring water from a steel vessel over the head of a person bent forward in front of a golden pot, water streaming down. Beside them, several devotees in orange and red saffron robes and a few in white stand in a narrow, wall-lined passage under a mesh-covered ceiling. On the right, a bald man in orange robes and glasses with a folded orange cloth on his head stands close, observing the ablution, which resembles an abhishekam. Other devotees in orange and red clothing are visible in the background, and the scene has a plain, weathered stone setting.

December 19 2010

2010-12-19 +1 copies

A priest in white ritual dhoti and shawl, with a gold-beaded necklace and gold-rimmed glasses, pours milk or liquid from a bronze vessel over a golden deity murti of Shiva with a tall crown and elaborate gold ornaments. A second assistant in white with white painted markings pours from a wooden vessel at upper right, sending a spray of white liquid down over the murti. Gold ornate arch carving and a bronze kalasha-style lamp stand frame the abhishekam scene in a stone temple, with a golden peacock-feather style or flame-shaped finial at right.

A shaved-headed priest in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, with a gold chain and gold bracelet, pours water from a brass kalasha over a golden statue of a standing sage with long hair. The statue has a gold-toned body in a yellow cloth, and water spills in streams down its face and chest. Behind them a second priest in white ritual dress with red-striped cloth stands at left. A brass bell, offering plates, flowers and a stone platform sit in front, with a red wall and a dark stone carved pillar behind. This is an abhishekam ritual at a temple setting.

October 06 2011

A bare-backed priest in an orange dhoti with maroon stripes and a white sacred thread pours milk from a brass pot over a deity murti draped in a clear plastic cover and garlanded with white and yellow flowers. Behind the murti hangs a dense backdrop of marigold, white and deep purple flower garlands. A second figure in white stands partly visible at the right edge. The scene suggests an abhishekam in progress.

2016-12-11 +1 copies

A photograph of a shaved-headed priest in a white dhoti and white shawl pouring white powder from a clear bowl onto a dark black Shivalingam on a stone base. The priest wears wire-rimmed glasses, a gold-beaded necklace and a gold pendant, with white sacred markings on his arms. Behind him, a deity murti in a red and gold sari is draped in red and yellow rose and marigold garlands, with a gold crown and a long braid visible at right. Gold-patterned stone and a blue curtain form the backdrop. This is a ritual abhishekam with a white powder offering.

December 14 2010

A photograph of an abhishekam being poured over a white stone deity murti. Water cascades down the white statue's raised arm and hand. In the foreground a golden kalasha with a pouring vessel stands near a small golden pedestal lamp. A red sari with gold border draped over a dark stone pedestal on the right. A blurred figure in white dhoti with a red-bordered cloth stands at the upper left, holding a golden pot. No identifiable a person depiction is visible.

A bald, bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a gold-edged border pours liquid from a brass vessel over a dark metal deity murti standing on a pedestal, draped in red and white garlands. The priest wears a rudraksha mala and a wristwatch. Behind them, a blurred crowd sits in rows under warm lights, with tall multicoloured flower garlands hanging at the right edge.