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Outdoor photo from an elevated viewpoint looking down over a stepped tank of green water toward a terraced amphitheatre crowded with people in white clothes and some in orange. In the foreground, a figure in a rust-red turban, gold-embroidered collar and red flower garland stands with a conch-shaped shell vessel, beside a large mound of mixed marigold and rose petals and a red-and-orange cloth-draped palanquin frame. Ranks of seated devotees fill the steps, and at the far end a central figure in white sits before a decorated altar. The scene suggests a satsang or abhishekam at a water tank. Named ritual details are not clearly visible.

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Photograph from above of an outdoor abhishekam at a stepped tank. A man seen from behind wears a rust-red turban with gold trim, a red-and-gold shawl draped over bare shoulders, a red and white flower garland, and a gold-and-white beaded necklace. He raises a silver vessel overhead. Beside him, a bald priest in red-and-saffron cloth with a rudraksha mala and white forehead markings sits at the edge. Below, a large mound of marigold and rose petals sits on a platform flanked by red-and-gold draped structures. Rows of people in white clothes sit on the stepped embankment behind.2015-07-31A photograph of a ritual abhishekam at an outdoor stepped amphitheatre. In the foreground, a figure in an orange-red turban and saffron-orange robes, with a red and gold garland and a rudraksha mala, pours liquid from a white conch shell over a large mound of flower petals and a draped red-and-gold cloth. Beside him a second person in saffron stands at the railing. Behind, rows of seated devotees in white and orange clothing fill the terraced steps, which are lined with potted plants, and a green water pool lies to the right.2015-07-31July 31 20152015-07-31July 31 20152015-07-31A photograph taken from an elevated position of a priest in a rust-red turban and striped orange-and-yellow cloth pouring white liquid from a vessel onto a large mound of flower petals in red, orange, yellow and white. Red and orange decorated canopy frames surround the mound beside a green water tank. Behind, rows of seated devotees in white and orange clothing fill tiered stone steps under trees. The priest wears a red floral garland and gold ornaments.2015-07-31July 22 20132013-07-22July 31 20152015-07-31October 17 20102010-10-17January 02 20102010-01-02 +1 copiesA man in a rust-brown silk dhoti and matching shawl walks along a stone-stepped tank edge, wearing a thick red-and-white flower garland, a heavy gold necklace with a large pendant, and a red tilak on his forehead. He appears to be a person by his ornate gold jewellery, garland and distinctive styling, though the identity is uncertain from appearance alone. Beside him a white-clad attendant stands holding a rudraksha mala, a shaved priest in orange and red on the left attends with a brass vessel, and metal kalashas and pots are arranged on the steps. Marigold and yellow flower decorations line the water's edge, and a crowd of devotees in white and orange stands on tiered steps behind, with rows of clay pots set on the terrace. This appears to be a ritual ablution or abhishekam-related procession at a temple tank.2013-12-27December 16 20162016-12-16 +2 copiesA festival scene at an outdoor sacred tank with stepped red seating behind. A woman in orange and red sits on a gold throne under a yellow fringed canopy, garlanded with red and white flowers and wearing a red garland. A bald man in a lavender-pink garment bends forward to offer a flower garland to a silver deity murti of a goddess with a crown, set on the orange dais. Devotees in white dhotis and saffron or yellow shawls stand in the water and on the platform, some with pink-stained clothing. A black stone shivalinga-style column with water flowing down stands on the right, with floral decorations throughout.2010-10-17