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A photograph of a ritual abhishekam in progress. In the left foreground, a person in orange robes with long dark hair pours white powder. Dust-like white particles fall around the statue. Beside and behind it, a second gold murti is partly visible at the lower right. In the blurred background at right, a man with a white tilak on his forehead wears a gold beaded necklace and an orange garment. Dark background, warm lighting, bracelets of beads and gold visible on the pouring arm.

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December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20September 19 20112011-09-19December 20 20112011-12-20A man with long, wavy dark hair and a small tilak on his forehead stands at night pouring water from a silver conch-shaped vessel over a brass deity murti. He wears a saffron-orange shawl over an orange garment and a heavy gold beaded necklace, with gold bangles on his wrist. The murti stands with a tall crown and holds objects in its hands, with a second smaller figure in a crown and dark maroon garment beside it, its surface smeared with white and yellow pigment. Another person in orange clothing is partly visible behind. Abhishekam is being performed on the deity.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20A photograph of a temple ritual: a person's arm and hand, wearing a bangle and marked with white ash, pours white powder from a brass vessel over a gilded seated deity murti draped in orange cloth. Powder piles on the black pedestal beneath. In the foreground, a white marble statue of a seated, robed sage with a raised hand and a small gilded deity murti stand on the pedestal.2011-09-19December 20 20112011-12-20A photograph of a ritual abhishekam at night. A man with long, swept-back dark hair and a vertical tilak on his forehead wears an orange-saffron garment and multiple gold bead necklaces and bangles. He tilts a large embossed silver vessel, pouring water over a metallic deity murti with a tall crown, and a smaller figure beside it in a dark garment. Yellow and maroon garlands hang from the murti. A second man in orange clothing with white forehead markings stands blurred behind him.2011-12-20A close photograph of an abhishekam being performed on a bronze deity murti with a crown and raised hand. A person in an orange-saffron garment and a gold beaded necklace and bangles pours a golden liquid from an ornate silver vessel over the murti's head and shoulders, which is glistening with the liquid. The background is dark, with blurred lights.2011-12-20