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Photograph of a ritual abhishekam at a temple. A man with shoulder-length dark hair, a tilak on his forehead, a gold bead necklace and an orange sleeveless garment sits cross-legged on an orange cloth beside a gilded golden pedestal. He reaches toward a tall red pillar being bathed in white flower-like offerings. Behind him a man in white clothes with a yellow shawl stands, and at right a bare-chested man in orange robes pours or places offerings. Brass lamps, a golden plate of marigolds and red flowers lie on the ground, with a stone temple wall and green foliage behind.

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July 21 20102010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21A photograph of a temple abhishekam at an outdoor shrine. A man in plain white dhoti with a gold border kneels at left holding a brass plate. Beside him a man in orange robes with a white forehead mark and a rudraksha-style necklace scatters flowers over a decorated pillar-like deity form wrapped in garlands. At right, a heavyset man in orange robes with gold-rimmed glasses and a gold necklace stands by a gold-framed altar box heaped with white flowers. Behind them stand a man in white with a yellow shawl and other attendants, with brass lamps, orange drapes and a metal railing in the background.2010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21November 12 20102010-11-12July 21 20102010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21A photograph of a ritual at a temple shrine. A man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing an orange saffron wrap and a rudraksha mala with ceremonial gold necklace, is pouring liquid from a brass vessel over a golden shri yantra style meru structure on a stand. Beside him a second man in orange robes, wearing spectacles, a orange head wrap and gold beads, sits and holds a small brass bell. Behind them are garlands of purple and red flowers and gold ritual objects on a tiled wall. The scene shows an abhishekam being performed on a golden yantra. Swamiji (probable) is the man pouring the liquid, identified by long swept-back hair, saffron clothing, rudraksha mala and gold necklace.2009-10-17