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Close photo of a hand pouring liquid from a silver cup with embossed floral engraving over a silver tray holding red flowers and yellow petals. Out of focus at left, a woman with a white forehead band and red bindi is partly visible. The hand wears dark beaded bracelets. The tray and vessels suggest an abhishekam or puja offering. No identifiable a person figure is visible.

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A close-up photograph of a ritual abhishekam: a hand pours water from a silver vessel with embossed floral patterns over a silver shivalingam-style object below. A blurred woman with a white forehead band is visible behind. Red flowers and yellow petals sit on a silver plate in the foreground. A dark background frames the scene.2013-06-18June 07 20132013-06-07June 16 20132013-06-16November 01 20112011-11-01Close-up photo of a person's hand pouring a white liquid. The upper silver bowl has embossed floral and lotus-like petal patterns, and the lower bowl has scrolled engraving. A wristwatch is visible on the pouring arm against a dark background. Only the hands and arm are visible, with no face or other people shown.2013-06-15 +1 copiesClose-up photo of several hands pouring liquid from silver vessels during a ritual offering on a gold-rimmed tray. A silver bowl holds white liquid being poured into a silver cup, and a silver ornate pot is tilted nearby. Chopped green and white vegetables, green onion stalks, and a red apple sit on the tray among ornate silver bowls. One person wears a beaded wristband, another a clear crystal bracelet, and a sleeve in orange and dark tones appears at the top right.2010-09-08November 14 20102010-11-14November 14 20102010-11-14 +1 copiesClose photo of hands pouring milk from silver ladles into silver bowls during an abhishekam offering on a brass tray. A person in an orange garment at left and bangled wrists of others frame the scene. Pink roses, white flowers and small silver cups sit on the tray, with blurred silver vessels in the foreground.2010-11-07Close-up photograph of a ritual abhishekam being performed. A hand with a dark tattoo pours a thick white liquid. Pink, red, white and yellow petals cover the gold-toned tray. Silver and brass bowls and a small silver spouted vessel sit on the tray behind the pour, with a lit oil lamp visible at the top edge. No people's faces are visible; only the hand is shown.2013-06-29Close-up photograph of a ritual abhishekam. A hand in a white sleeve pours liquid from a silver vessel over a deity murti or object, with a thin stream falling into a silver tray. Pink lotus petals, white flowers, and green leaves are arranged around. A person with a shaved head wearing an orange garment is visible at the right edge, leaning in. Another hand with a silver bangle holds a silver dish. Silver and gold ritual vessels fill the foreground.2010-09-06A photo of a temple abhishekam or puja setup in close focus. In the foreground a young boy with a red bindi and a face mask holds a white conch-shaped shankha with silver fittings, pouring or tilting it over a tray. A second pair of hands at upper right holds another silver-capped conch. The silver plates and bowls hold red and pink flower petals, a yellow and orange offering, and green leaves. The background is a plain dark grey wall. No other figures are clearly visible.2013-05-30