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A photograph of a ceremony inside a white tent beside a dark stone deity murti dressed in ornate gold-and-red jewelled adornments, garlands of orange and yellow flowers, and a red cloth backdrop beneath a gilded arch. A bare-chested man with long dark hair and an orange-saffron dhoti wrapped around his lower body reaches up with both hands to place a tall red-and-white patterned crown on the murti's head. In the foreground at lower right, the back of another person's head is visible. The gilded arch shows carved floral and ornamental relief. The setting appears to be a temporary tent-based ceremony, consistent with abhishekam or deity dressing.

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A man with long swept-back dark hair and a bare upper body, wearing an orange saffron dhoti-style wrap and a saffron rudraksha-style cord, stands at left pouring or pressing his hands onto the head of a large black stone deity murti. The murti wears an ornate multicolour embroidered garment, marigold garlands in orange and yellow, and a tall decorated crown. Beside it stands a second adorned figure in a red cloth with a white and red headdress. The setting is a white tent canopy with ornate gold-painted arches framing the scene.2006-03-01A photograph of a man with long, swept-back dark hair and bare upper body, wearing an orange saffron dhoti-style cloth over his shoulder, decorating a black stone deity murti. He reaches up with both hands to place a red and white decorative garment or pattern on the murti's head. The murti wears an elaborate jewelled gold-and-multicolour ornament and garland of yellow and orange flowers. 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