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March 04 20192019-03-04A young boy in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl pours water from a gold-coloured brass pot over a silver-toned murti of a standing figure. The water streams down the statue's head, torso and robes, cascading onto its pedestal. Brass pots sit on the ledge beside him, and an ornate gold-toned pillar frames the scene. Red tiered seating forms the background. The boy is performing an abhishekam bathing ritual, bare-chested with a rudraksha bead visible at his neck.2017-07-31March 04 20192019-03-04July 31 20172017-07-31A young male devotee in an orange saffron dhoti and orange shawl pours water from a golden kalasha onto a white stone statue of a standing figure with a bare upper body, a ritual abhishekam. A golden carved pillar stands behind, with red tiered seating in the blurred background and brass pots at the statue's base. The devotee wears a rudraksha mala around the neck and is bare-chested, with a shawl draped over the shoulder.2017-07-31A shirtless young man in an orange dhoti and orange shawl, with a rudraksha mala around his neck and white sacred markings on his upper arm, pours water from a brass vessel held high over a golden-bronze deity murti. The murti wears a crown, a yellow-stained dhoti and shawl, and bangles, and holds a lamp-like object in one hand. Water streams down over the figure. The background shows a red tiled roof and metal scaffolding.2017-07-31 +1 copiesPhotograph of a ritual abhishekam at an outdoor shrine. A young shaven-headed devotee in orange-saffron cloth pours water from a coconut shell over a small bronze deity figure standing on a pedestal under an ornate gold arch. A second devotee in orange cloth with a rudraksha mala stands at right beside large metal pots. Behind them are white metal railings and a tiered red-stepped structure.2017-09-11July 31 20172017-07-31March 04 20192019-03-04July 31 20172017-07-31February 26 20172017-02-26A young boy in a saffron-orange dhoti and a white sacred thread stands bare-chested, wearing rudraksha malas and white tripundra marks on his arms and forehead. He pours water from a golden kalasha pot over a gilded standing deity murti, with water spraying around it, in an abhishekam ritual. A red-tiled roof and metal railings are behind him.2017-08-07