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A four-panel collage of abhishekam being performed on metal and stone murtis. In each panel a person's hands, in a red garment and bangles, pour yellow liquid from a brass vessel onto a murti. Top left, a small gold-coloured murti is anointed with a flow of yellow liquid. Bottom left, a seated white stone or yellow-coated figure of a sage in meditation pose receives the liquid as it runs over his head. Top right, a standing gold deity murti is showered with yellow liquid and droplets splash out. Bottom right, a gold figure on a pedestal is drenched in yellow liquid against a red-brown background. Graphic panels are a collage of murti abhishekam images with no physical people counted beyond the hands shown.

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October 07 20112011-10-07 +1 copiesPhoto 11683222A temple abhishekam being performed on a green-draped deity murti standing on a stone pedestal. A man in an orange saffron robe on the left pours water from a metal vessel over the figure's head, while a second man in white dhoti and shawl on the right holds a silver bowl above it and a third man in white stands at the far left. The deity has multiple arms and a gold-and-green garment, with garlands of marigolds and fruit offerings arranged behind on a red-draped altar. Stone carvings and a small figure appear at the base.2011-10-06 +2 copiesA four-panel collage of temple abhishekam ritual. Top left: a shaved-headed priest in orange robes pours liquid over a black shiva lingam, with a silver-and-gold deity murti draped in colourful cloth behind it. Bottom left: the same priest in orange pours from a silver vessel over a dark stone object surrounded by marigold and yellow flower garlands. Top right: the priest in orange pours from a golden vessel over a golden standing statue in an arched shrine niche. Bottom right: a close view of the golden statue and garlands. Gold ornaments, garlands and draped cloth fill the shrine.2011-03-03July 21 20102010-07-21 +1 copiesA woman in a red blouse and orange saffron sari stands at left, pouring water from a brass kalasha over a golden deity murti seated on a throne. The murti wears a red garment and is draped with garlands of white, red and yellow flowers. Water splashes down onto a yellow-tinted pedestal. A second person in orange robes stands behind her at left. The setting appears to be a temple interior with a concrete ceiling. This is an abhishekam ritual.2009-02-23November 10 20112011-11-10 +1 copiesNovember 12 20102010-11-12October 06 20112011-10-06 +2 copiesJanuary 01 20122012-01-01July 21 20102010-07-21 +1 copiesA close photograph of a golden metal murti of a deity pair being bathed with a golden-yellow liquid poured from a silver vessel held by a hand in an orange garment at upper right. The left figure, a four-armed deity holding a drum and other objects, is gleaming gold, while the right figure, a smaller seated form with a crown, is also coated in the flowing yellow abhishekam liquid. Carved gold lattice panels frame the left edge and the background is blurred dark with out-of-focus figures in white. Other visible shapes are indistinct. This is an abhishekam being performed on the murti.2011-11-10