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A woman with blonde hair pulled back, wearing a yellow blouse and a pink, orange and yellow checked silk sari with a rudraksha-style mala around her neck, pours water from a brass vessel over a black stone deity murti dressed in red cloth and garlanded with pink flowers. The murti sits in a galvanized metal tub filled with water and rose petals. A brass pot stands at the front left and a dish of petals sits nearby. Behind, a green-clad deity murti with a gold crown is set against a yellow wall, with brass lamps at the right edge. The scene shows abhishekam being performed.

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A woman in a magenta blouse and orange-and-gold striped silk sari, wearing glasses and a bangle, pours water from a small brass vessel over a black stone deity murti of Dakshinamurthy seated in a large steel tub filled with water and rose petals. The murti wears a red cloth and a pink flower. Behind, a larger black deity statue in green silk with a crown and garland stands before a yellow wall. A brass oil lamp and a brass plate of pink petals sit on the floor, and a person in white is partly visible at left.2021-11-13November 13 20212021-11-13A woman in a lime-green silk saree with gold border stands at left, leaning forward and pouring water from a small brass vessel held in her cupped hands. In front of her, a black stone deity murti draped in a red cloth and decorated with a pink rose is submerged in a shallow metal tub filled with water and floating petals, an abhishekam ritual. Behind, a dark deity statue in green and gold attire sits beside brass oil lamps, and a second black murti wearing a red garment, garlands and ornate jewellery stands at right against a yellow wall. Metal tubs and petals surround the scene.2021-11-13A woman in a magenta blouse and dark navy saree with gold border pours water with a brass kalasha over black stone murtis of deities standing in shallow metal tubs filled with water and rose petals during an abhishekam. To the left an elderly man in white kurta and glasses stands beside her with his hands extended. Behind them a yellow-walled shrine holds a black deity murti in green and gold clothing and a tall decorated murti in red garments adorned with garlands, with oil lamps on the floor. Another person in an orange garment and a face mask stands in the background.2021-11-13November 13 20212021-11-13November 13 20212021-11-13November 13 20212021-11-13November 13 20212021-11-13A woman in a teal and blue striped silk sari with gold border and a long rudraksha mala stands at a red-painted altar, placing an offering with her hand over a tray of pink rose petals, yellow turmeric powder and small coins. Behind her a grey-black stone deity murti with a white jasmine garland and a pink brocade drape stands in front of a yellow wall, and a man in white stands partly visible beside it. A red-and-white tilak marks her forehead.2021-11-14November 13 20212021-11-13A woman in a pink and cream sari leans over a small bronze statue of baby Krishna on a tiered pedestal decorated with pink flowers, pouring liquid from a large brass pot or kalasha. Behind her stands a gold-framed shrine with dark deity murtis draped in garlands. On the left, a man in white dhoti with a gold border presses his palms together in namaskar, and a woman in a blue and gold sari with a face mask stands with hands folded. Three visible people are present in the scene.2021-08-29May 03 20082008-05-03