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Overhead photo of a ritual preparation on a cloth-covered floor. A hand with a tattoo and a bangle on the wrist pours from a brass vessel with a loop handle into a large polished steel pot with a wide open mouth. A second steel pot and a brass container with a lid sit nearby, with a yellow cloth bag printed with a devotional image and text beside them. A red-robed arm is visible at the left edge. A large weathered stone is at the top. The scene suggests abhishekam preparation, but no deity or a person is visible.

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March 28 20222022-03-28Close photo of a pongal offering being prepared outdoors. A person in a cream dhoti with gold-bordered edges and a bangled wrist pours milk from a hammered silver vessel into a clay pot set on a yellow-painted pot, decorated with leaves and red kumkum dots. The clay pot is filled with boiling milk, and small flames glow at the base beside the pot on stone blocks. The person's bare feet and gold bracelet are visible, and a small framed portrait pendant hangs on a dark cord at the top. A pongal ritual with milk boiling over a fire.2017-01-14 +1 copiesClose-up photograph of a ritual offering at a temple. A copper vessel filled with white milk sits at the lower left, and a hand holds a small silver spoon-like ladle over a cupped palm receiving milk. Several other hands reach in from the top and sides, and a rudraksha mala is visible on a wrist at the upper right. The figures wear white garments, and a saffron cloth edge appears at the lower right. The scene suggests a milk offering or abhishekam-style pouring, consistent with a pradosha puja.2007-09-24Close view of a person's hands pouring milk from a polished metal vessel onto a small white Shiva lingam set on a metal tray. The hands wear gold bangles and a gold ring, and the background is a warm brown wooden surface. This appears to be a milk abhishekam to a lingam. No faces are visible and no a person depiction is shown.2012-06-05November 01 20112011-11-01Close-up photo of a polished brass pot with a wide rim being filled with water from a green garden hose. A person in white clothing with blue and purple stripes holds the brass vessel steady with both hands, and a second person's hand on the left holds the hose. Dark liquid or offering material is visible inside the pot. Concrete ground and a wall sit at the right edge.2007-09-24Milk is poured over a tall white Shiva linga during an abhishekam ritual at night. A person's bare arm, wearing gold bangles, tilts a large brass pot, and white liquid cascades down the stone linga onto its round yoni-pitha base, splashing in droplets. Behind, a second brass vessel is held by a person in white clothing with a saffron-orange cloth, and another white-clad person stands at the right edge beside a bronze object. The setting is an illuminated temple with stone pillars in the background.2007-10-25December 31 20092009-12-31Close-up photo of a person in orange robes holding a worn copper pot filled with white liquid. The person wears a rudraksha mala of dark brown beads and a bracelet with white beads and a red-orange bead. Only the hands, torso and robe are visible, with no face shown. The copper pot is held with both hands at the chest in a ritual offering posture.2007-09-24June 05 20122012-06-05Five copper vessels with flared rims sit on a round brass tray placed on a wet dark stone surface. The vessels contain liquids, one with milk-white contents and others with amber or golden liquid. No people are visible. The copper shows reddish-brown tones and polished highlights.2007-09-24A close photograph of a ritual abhishekam. A bare hand with gold bangles pours liquid from a white cloth-wrapped pot into a small steel vessel, while other steel pots wrapped in white cloth with purple stripes sit on a silver tray. Pink flower petals and scattered rice surround the pots, and green leaves are held by a person in a rust-coloured garment at right, with a large silver ornamental necklace hanging nearby. A striped cloth lies in the background.2018-04-26