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A temple scene in which a shaven-headed priest in a red-orange upper cloth and white dhoti bends forward over an offering table, with a tulsi-like wrap and a beaded mala around his neck. In the foreground a small bronze standing deity figure with a crown stands beside a white marble seated figure, and a black stone shivalinga with a lotus-shaped base occupies the right side. Behind them a golden figure of a standing saint with raised hand and a red painted wall complete the setting. The priest appears to be performing puja or abhishekam at the altar.

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A photograph of a temple ritual outdoors. A man in an orange-red saffron cloth and a heavy gold beaded necklace pours water from a brass vessel over a small bronze deity murti standing on a black stone base. Beside him, a man in white dhoti with a white shawl and beaded necklace stands at the left. Behind them are a bronze figure with raised hand, an ornate golden arch, a dark stone shivalinga-like pillar, and a corrugated metal roof with strings of beads overhead. The scene is a abhishekam being performed with the bronze murti and brass pot.2011-03-03December 28 20112011-12-28December 28 20112011-12-28March 03 20112011-03-03 +1 copiesA priest in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl with a gold beaded necklace and a gold pendant pours water from a silver vessel over a silver shivalinga on a red base, during an abhishekam at a temple courtyard. Behind him stand bronze deity murtis in orange cloth on a gilded ratha/chariot-style palanquin, with a stone temple gateway at right. Another man in white dhoti and gold-necklace stands in the background beside a woman in white and yellow, and a red-draped table with offerings sits at left.2011-10-07A photograph inside a temple shrine showing a shaved-headed priest in an orange-red shawl and orange dhoti, wearing a beaded necklace with gold pendant and a gold bracelet. He pours water from a brass vessel over a small gold deity murti standing on a black stone abhishekam platform. Beside it sits a white marble statue of a seated sage with raised hand, and to the left a gilded arch frames a standing golden figure. Behind them a teal cloth covers a shrine, with a gold staff, garlands and flowers at the right edge. The priest is performing abhishekam, and the watermarked archive credit is omitted.2011-03-03 +1 copiesA photograph of an abhishekam ritual at an ashram. In the foreground a man in white dhoti with a rudraksha mala pours water from a brass vessel over a small golden deity murti standing on a red pedestal. Beside it a white marble seated figure sits on a wooden base, and a small golden kalasha-like stupa finial sits on another red pedestal. The stone floor is wet with water. Behind, two women in saris, one in red and one in white with pink trim, stand near brass pots and a striped red-and-white wall.2010-07-05September 19 20112011-09-19November 12 20102010-11-12September 19 20112011-09-19December 19 20102010-12-19November 12 20102010-11-12