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Close-up photo of an abhishekam ritual: a hand in orange sleeve pours yellow ghee or milk-like offering from a silver bowl over a deity murti draped in red cloth dusted with white powder. The person's orange robe is visible at left, with white clothing at right. A gold ritual tray sits at the bottom.

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July 21 20102010-07-21Close photo of an abhishekam being performed on a white deity murti draped in red cloth, with a figure of a seated animal at its base. A person in orange robes pours a yellowish substance from the hand onto the murti's head, while a brass bowl sits nearby and a curved knife-like tool rests against the figure. The white-marked hands and orange robes are visible, and the murti is smeared with white and yellow residue. No clearly identifiable face is shown.2010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21October 07 20112011-10-07July 21 20102010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21A photo of a seated man in saffron-orange robes pouring a yellowish liquid. He has a white tripundra and red bindi on his forehead and wet slicked-back hair. Beside him a man in a red shawl and white dhoti holds a brass vessel, and a standing man in white dhoti and yellow shawl stands with hands folded. An orange cloth covers the ground in the foreground, with a dark sign behind on a red-painted wall.2010-07-21A seated man in saffron-orange robes pours milk from a polished brass vessel over a white stone deity murti. The man has slicked-back dark hair and white tilak with a red bindi on his forehead, and white paste is smeared on his upper arm. Behind him, a figure in white garments stands near a red and white wall with a dark plaque. The deity's face and form are streaked with white liquid and red stains.2010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21A seated priest in saffron-orange robes, with white sacred ash markings on his forehead and arm and a red bindi, squeezes a yellow substance over a silver vessel. Beside him, a silver bowl and a red cloth-wrapped object are coated with white and yellow abhishekam offerings. The background shows an orange wall, a red pillar and a dark plaque with white text. The man's appearance is ordinary priestly attire with no distinctive a person cues such as long swept-back hair or a crown, so identity is uncertain.2010-07-21