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A photograph of a ritual abhishekam on a gold-embossed stand. A small red-and-white deity murti, dressed in rice or powder and dotted with a red flower, sits on a heap of white grains. Two people in saffron-orange clothing are visible: a seated figure on the left with ornate gold-coloured adornments and a hand held over the murti, and a standing figure on the right in an orange dhoti-style garment with gold border who reaches toward the murti. Yellow flowers lie on the gold stand at right, and a grey wall forms the background.

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July 21 20102010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21A photograph of an abhishekam ritual at a temple: a deity murti draped in a red cloth is being bathed with a white granular offering that heaps up on a gold-coloured tray below it. Two people in saffron/orange robes attend it. On the left, a figure seated in orange holds a copper vessel and pours from it, with a gold bowl beneath. On the right, a standing figure in orange with a gold wristwatch and a gold brass pot tilted over the murti supports the offering. Stone wall behind.2010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21A photograph of a temple ritual. A seated man in saffron-orange robes with a long garland of yellow and orange flowers and white sandalwood markings on his forehead and arm presses his palms together in prayer before a golden-framed altar holding a flower-decorated deity murti or lingam heaped with white flowers. Behind him, a standing man in a white kurta with a yellow shawl stands with hands folded. At right, another man in orange dhoti and shawl, wearing a wristwatch, leans over the altar offering. Brass lamps, kalasha vessels and a stone temple wall with carved figures form the background. Persons visible: three.2010-07-21Close view of a temple ritual. A person in an orange-red sari and gold bangle, with a beaded bracelet on the wrist, pours or sprinkles yellow liquid over a golden kalasha-style pot and an idol. Yellow marigold flowers are scattered over the golden peetha and base. An orange cloth drapes over the murti, and a gold ornate pedestal fills the foreground. Yellow abhishekam offerings drip down the statue.2011-10-07A photograph of a person in an orange sleeveless garment with long, wavy, dark hair standing with their back to the camera, one hand pressed onto a large white conical linga made of ash or powder with a small red dot, set before a golden deity murti draped in red and gold cloth and decorated with yellow and red flower garlands. The person's hand and forearm are dusted white. Offerings of flowers lie at the base of the linga. The scene suggests a linga abhishekam-style ritual.2010-02-12July 21 20102010-07-21October 07 20112011-10-07A kneeling man in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha mala with a white-and-red forehead mark pours or applies liquid over a small deity murti on a golden tray, decorated with white flowers and petals. A priest in white dhoti with gold border holds a vessel at left, and a standing woman in orange saree with red border stands at right, wearing a gold wristwatch and holding a brass object. Brass vessels are visible in the background. The scene shows abhishekam being performed at a temple. Visible cues for the central figure's identity are a long swept-back hairstyle, saffron robes and rudraksha mala, which match the page's a person reference (probable).2010-07-21