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Close photo of a temple abhishekam: a priest's hands, one holding a steel bowl and the other lifting sliced banana pieces, pour and offer them over a brass or metal linga-style sacred object set in a shallow brass tray. Sliced banana rests in a small glass dish and scatters across the tray.

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May 13 20122012-05-13 +1 copiesClose-up photo of a ritual offering being made at a temple. A bare-torsoed priest with a beaded rudraksha-style necklace and an orange-striped cloth holds a brass kalasha-style vessel and pours water while a woman in a gold zari sari with a gold bangle and a ring extends her hand over a brass plate. The plate holds ripe yellow bananas, a coconut wrapped in fibre, and a green cloth with tassels. Other hands are visible at the edges, and the scene is intimate and focused on the offering.2012-05-16A close photograph of two hands at a ritual tray. One hand holds a small brass bowl containing white cooked rice mixed with dark seeds and a little yellow powder, while the other hand, with gold bangles on the wrist, lifts a brass spoon into it. Behind them a brass tray holds more offerings, and a brass dancing Shiva figure within a flame arch stands on the right. Only hands are visible, so no whole person is shown.2017-02-01A close photograph of a ritual abhishekam being performed on a white Shiva lingam set in a brass tray. A hand wearing a thick gold bangle and a gold ring tilts a stainless steel vessel, pouring a steady white milk stream over the lingam's top. Another arm is visible at left, and the tray rests on a golden stand against a warm brown wooden wall. Water and milk drip down the lingam into the tray. No face is visible, and no one is identified.2012-05-13 +1 copiesClose-up photo of a ritual in progress: a hand holding a small brass bowl filled with white rice and red-brown kumkum-like grains, while a brass spoon pours or sprinkles from it onto the bare head of a seated person whose face is cropped out of frame. Gold bangles on the wrist. Behind, a brass Nataraja figure in an arch and a brass bell and lamp sit on a red-patterned cloth.2017-02-01February 01 20172017-02-01Close-up photo of a ritual offering: a hand holds a small brass bowl containing cooked white rice mixed with dark seeds, while another hand pours or lifts from a larger brass vessel beneath. A brass bell with a handle stands at left, and a brass Nataraja-style dancing deity figure with a flame arch sits in the background on a red-and-gold cloth. Warm lamplight glows at the edge of the frame.2017-02-01Close-up photograph of a person's cupped hands holding a small metal plate with a sliced yellow fruit piece and a folded reddish-brown cloth or sweet, in an orange-robed setting. The orange garment spans the lower frame, and a blurred round container with a printed orange-robed figure sits in the background. Dark rings and a metallic clasp are visible at the wrist.2011-09-25June 05 20122012-06-05February 01 20172017-02-01May 30 20182018-05-30 +1 copiesClose-up photograph of a ritual abhishekam being performed. A bare hand, wearing a gold ring, pours water from above onto a small glass or crystal linga set in a shallow brass tray. Water splashes and droplets scatter around the base. The background is a warm, rust-brown textured wall.2012-05-10