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A gilded tiered brass shrine model, the Meru-style sacred mountain form, sits on a golden tray and is being covered with white cooked rice. A hand in the right foreground pours rice from a clear glass bowl onto the tiers, and a pink flower is set on the summit. Rice grains are scattered across the tray and table. Behind the shrine, a small framed photograph of a smiling person is pinned to the wall above a yellow strip, though the person is not clearly visible enough to identify. The scene suggests an offering ritual with rice decoration.

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May 21 20062006-05-21Photo 82848502022-05-10 +1 copiesA photograph of a metal shivalinga-style object on a white cloth in a temple setting. The copper-toned lingam has a stepped, lotus-petalled base and a carved stepped top, crowned with a garland of white flowers and green leaves. Behind it is a gold-coloured basin or abhishekam trough, with a copper vessel at the left edge, a silver puja bowl holding white flower petals at the right, a small oil lamp and yellow flowers on a whitewashed wall and a red and green mat. No people are visible, so this is an abhishekam setup photographed before or after ritual bathing.2008-01-01A photograph of a ritual abhishekam at a temple shrine. A hand wearing a gold bangle pours liquid from a metal vessel over a tiered golden shivalinga on a brass tray filled with liquid. Behind it, a shrine area holds deity murtis, a dark shivalinga-like figure draped with gold garlands, a red flower offering, and small brass lamps. A small Krishna-like murti in blue stands on a leopard-print cloth beside rows of bowls holding food offerings, including papadum-like items. Orange and red cloths hang in the background, and a green-and-navy patterned floor runs across the scene.2020-11-13A close photograph of a tiered, stepped stone sri chakra-style yantra base or abhishekam pedestal, coated with white granular material. Behind it, a brass lamp stand or kalasha stands beside a teal cloth, with a sliver of a figure's orange-and-purple garment at the upper left edge. The scene suggests an abhishekam ritual; no person's face is visible and no one can be identified.2010-10-17January 24 20172017-01-24Photo 11709798Photo 11709655Close-up photograph of a ritual offering on a brass plate in a home shrine. A brass bowl holds a heap of cooked white rice, and a smaller brass bowl beside it holds a golden-yellow sweet. In the background stand small brass deity murtis, including a figure with raised hands, a brass lamp or kalasha-style vessel, and a red cloth. A small seated figure in dark robes with raised hands and a blurred screen behind it complete the shrine. No people are visible.2024-07-09A silver-toned Sri Yantra meru sculpture on a yellow-painted wooden altar stands in the foreground, its stepped pyramid tiers with lotus-petal bands rising toward a pointed summit. A thin stream of white liquid. Behind it hangs a rust-orange cloth. No people are visible.2022-01-30KAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 3/5/20222022-03-05 +1 copiesClose photo of a ritual at a brass tray holding a white conical Maha Meru form, built up from white powder or ash. A person in an orange garment with a white flower garland and gold bangles presses white material onto the peak with both hands. Another person in white and maroon robes stands at right holding a brass bowl of the same white powder. Gold-coloured trays and a white-draped table sit below. The white dusting covers the hands, the tray and the surrounding surface.2006-05-21