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Two people pour grain from metal bowls into long silver trays filled with rice or grain and red liquid, arranged around dark stone lingams. On the left, a woman in a blue and green silk sari with a pink blouse leans in and pours from a steel bowl. On the right, a man in an all-white kurta and trousers pours from a second bowl. Brass pots sit on the floor behind them against a yellow wall. No a person candidate is visible in the frame.

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November 13 20212021-11-13November 13 20212021-11-13A woman in a royal blue blouse and a cream-and-gold sari leans over two long steel trays filled with white rice and draped with red cloth. She pours or sprinkles grain from a small steel cup onto dark stone deity murti set in the rice, including a standing figure and a squared stone base, in what appears to be a ritual arrangement. Another woman with dark hair and bangles, partly visible behind her, stands in a yellow-walled room with brick-patterned trim. A second tray on the right holds more dark stone figures in the rice.2021-11-13Two long metal trays filled with fine white grain or rice and dark red-brown powder, with dark grey stone or clay lingams and small shapes set into the grain. A hand in the upper left holds a silver tray with a small brass cup, a bowl of yellow turmeric and a small lamp. A beaded red-and-black wrist band is visible on the wrist. Brass bowls of grain sit at each side and a yellow wall with a red brick dado forms the backdrop. No faces are visible, so no person can be identified.2021-11-13A woman in a magenta blouse and dark navy saree with gold border pours water with a brass kalasha over black stone murtis of deities standing in shallow metal tubs filled with water and rose petals during an abhishekam. To the left an elderly man in white kurta and glasses stands beside her with his hands extended. Behind them a yellow-walled shrine holds a black deity murti in green and gold clothing and a tall decorated murti in red garments adorned with garlands, with oil lamps on the floor. Another person in an orange garment and a face mask stands in the background.2021-11-13November 13 20212021-11-13November 13 20212021-11-13A woman with blonde hair pulled back, wearing a yellow blouse and a pink, orange and yellow checked silk sari with a rudraksha-style mala around her neck, pours water from a brass vessel over a black stone deity murti dressed in red cloth and garlanded with pink flowers. The murti sits in a galvanized metal tub filled with water and rose petals. A brass pot stands at the front left and a dish of petals sits nearby. Behind, a green-clad deity murti with a gold crown is set against a yellow wall, with brass lamps at the right edge. The scene shows abhishekam being performed.2021-11-13November 13 20212021-11-13A woman in a magenta blouse and orange-and-gold striped silk sari, wearing glasses and a bangle, pours water from a small brass vessel over a black stone deity murti of Dakshinamurthy seated in a large steel tub filled with water and rose petals. The murti wears a red cloth and a pink flower. Behind, a larger black deity statue in green silk with a crown and garland stands before a yellow wall. A brass oil lamp and a brass plate of pink petals sit on the floor, and a person in white is partly visible at left.2021-11-13November 13 20212021-11-13November 13 20212021-11-13