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A photograph of an abhishekam ritual at a temple: a deity murti draped in a red cloth is being bathed with a white granular offering that heaps up on a gold-coloured tray below it. Two people in saffron/orange robes attend it. On the left, a figure seated in orange holds a copper vessel and pours from it, with a gold bowl beneath. On the right, a standing figure in orange with a gold wristwatch and a gold brass pot tilted over the murti supports the offering. Stone wall behind.

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July 21 20102010-07-21A photograph of a ritual abhishekam on a gold-embossed stand. A small red-and-white deity murti, dressed in rice or powder and dotted with a red flower, sits on a heap of white grains. Two people in saffron-orange clothing are visible: a seated figure on the left with ornate gold-coloured adornments and a hand held over the murti, and a standing figure on the right in an orange dhoti-style garment with gold border who reaches toward the murti. Yellow flowers lie on the gold stand at right, and a grey wall forms the background.2010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21A photograph of an abhishekam being performed on a small gold-and-white deity murti. Water pours from a large silver vessel held by a man in an orange dhoti and orange shawl with gold borders, while a second priest in white dhoti with gold border and bracelets gently cleanses the figure with his hands. Behind them stands a larger golden deity statue holding a staff, draped in orange cloth. The water splashes over the idol's ornate crown and face.2011-10-07A priest in orange saffron robes with a gold-beaded necklace and a small framed portrait pendant stands at left, holding a silver plate with red kumkum powder. He applies a mark to the forehead of a white-coated stone deity murti with a crown, holding a mace, with a second white-painted figure in orange drapery to the right. Pouring or abhishekam traces run down the statues. Plain stone architecture stands in the background. No other people are visible.2011-10-07July 21 20102010-07-21A photograph of a temple abhishekam in progress. A seated man in orange robes with a vertical white tilak on his forehead pours liquid from a brass kalasha onto a small silver deity murti set in a gold-edged stone base. Behind him, a second person in an orange robe with a gold-bordered wrap stands with hands clasped, and a brass vessel and offerings sit on a stone ledge. The scene is a ritual bathing of a murti.2010-07-21A metal deity murti of a goddess with a raised sword, standing on a small lion-like mount, is being bathed in an abhishekam. Its body is draped in a red cloth and coated with white powder, with fenugreek-like seeds scattered over a white heap on a gold-edged tray. Above, a hand pours from a silver-coloured vessel. Behind, a seated person wears orange robes, and another figure in white stands at the right edge. Ritual abhishekam to Devi Sowdeshwari at a temple.2010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21September 19 20112011-09-19Close view of an abhishekam being performed on two metal deity murtis. A person in orange-saffron robes with a thick gold-bead necklace and gold bangle pours milk from a silver kalasha-style vessel over the head of a small standing deity murti in orange cloth, its face and crown whitened with milk. To the right, a taller standing murti in orange drapery holding a staff is also coated with white liquid. The orange robes and white milk dominate the frame.2011-10-07