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November 01 20112011-11-01Close-up photo of a pair of hands holding a silver ritual vessel shaped like an elephant head with a curled trunk, its body decorated with floral and geometric engraving. The vessel is wrapped in a white cloth bundle with a golden edge, tied with thin cords and topped with a small red-tipped object. The wearer's wrist carries a rudraksha mala with red threads. The background is dark and softly blurred.2018-06-04 +2 copiesClose-up photo of a ritual abhishekam in progress. A bare-skinned person's hand, adorned with a gold bangle and a beaded bracelet, pours liquid from a silver-gold conch-shaped vessel with a spout, and a thin stream falls toward a silver bowl. The person wears a pink and white flower garland across the shoulder and a gold waist ornament. In the foreground, a gold-coloured cloth is blurred. On the silver tray stand a small brass deity figure, a standing female form, a lamp with a curved arm and shade, and red flowers. The background is a dark red curtain and a white panel. The image shows only one physical person, partially visible.2013-05-27Close-up photograph of a ritual abhishekam in progress. A hand pours liquid from a long silver vessel with a lid over a metal stand, streaming water downward. Behind, a deity murti or decorated figure wears layered gold and red-stone necklaces and a white dhoti-like cloth with red border. Floral garlands and a red flower sit at the lower left, and an ornate crown or headpiece with jewelled decoration is visible at top. Warm orange lighting.2015-09-17Close photo of a ritual abhishekam vessel: a polished silver kalasha-style pot with an elephant-head spout and a decorated square panel with a floral motif, held aloft by two hands. Hands wear gold bangles and a black thread. Yellow marigold garlands and a folded white and gold cloth wrap the top, with thin grass blades (darbha) trailing. Blurred background of colourful bokeh lights and indistinct figures suggests an evening ceremony.2016-12-02January 08 20122012-01-08A close photograph of an abhishekam being performed at a silver puja tray. A person's hands, wearing gold bangles and a pink and yellow flower garland, pour liquid from a silver conch-shaped vessel with a long spout over small bronze and gold deity figures and a Shiva lingam-like object on the tray. A silver kalasha vessel stands nearby, and a silver lamp with a curved stem and hood is on the left. A gold-clothed figure is partly visible at the bottom right, with a blurred background. The camera and framing show only part of the person.2013-05-27January 18 20142014-01-18 +1 copiesDecember 28 20112011-12-28September 14 20132013-09-14May 03 20142014-05-03A photograph of a ritual abhishekam in progress. A person in a pink and yellow flower garland and a beaded gold waist-belt pours liquid from a silver conch-shaped vessel with a long spout over a small metal deity murti on a silver platter. Nearby stand a silver pot, a small lamp on a bent stand, and a red flower offering. The figure's bare upper body and gold cloth in the foreground frame the scene against a dark red curtain background.2013-05-27