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A woman with long dark hair and a red bindi, wearing an orange saffron-coloured sari with a gold border and a heavy gold bead necklace and gold bangles, pours water from a large silver kalasha vessel over a gilded deity murti during an abhishekam at night. Golden statues in the background wear yellow and maroon garlands, and a figure in maroon stands at right. Water droplets fly around the scene.

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A photograph of an abhishekam at night in which a person with long, dark, wavy hair and a red bindi, wearing an orange saffron-coloured garment, a heavy gold necklace and gold bangles, pours water from a silver vessel over a gold-coloured deity murti adorned with yellow and red flower garlands. A second person in orange clothing stands behind, and a seated figure in white at left is partly visible.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20Night-time abhishekam at a temple. A person with long, dark, swept-back hair and a small red tilak on the forehead wears a saffron-orange draped garment, a heavy gold bead necklace, and beaded bracelets. Pouring water from a polished silver kalasha vessel over a gold-toned deity murti, which is garlanded with yellow and maroon flowers. Water streams down the statue; other figures stand partly visible at the right edge.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20A long-haired man in an orange-saffron silk garment with a gold-trimmed border and a heavy gold bead necklace with a pendant pours water from a large engraved silver kalasha over a brass deity murti during abhishekam. A tilak is on his forehead and he wears beaded gold-toned bangles. Yellow and maroon flower garlands drape the brass figure. Behind him another man in orange and a figure in maroon stand near the ritual. Water streams down the murti in an outdoor evening setting. a person is the central figure, identified by long swept hair, saffron clothing and ornate gold necklace.2011-12-20A person in an orange-saffron silk garment with a gold-bordered pallu and a heavy gold ornamental necklace pours water from a silver vessel over a gilded deity murti at night. The figure has long dark wavy hair, a red bindi and multiple beaded bangles on both wrists. The golden murti holds a trident-like emblem and water streams down its body. Other devotees in the background are partly visible, and a bright round lamp sits at the left edge.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20