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A temple ritual scene in a red-walled hall. On the left, a shaven-headed man in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with gold beaded mala and pendant, holds a silver lamp with a bright flame and rising smoke toward a pale white stone deity murti standing on a gold-framed pedestal. Behind him, a man in white dhoti with red borders, gold mala and folded hands stands in prayer, and another man in white stands further back beside a hanging orange curtain. Gold pots and offerings sit at the base of the pedestal. Three people are visible.

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December 19 20102010-12-19December 28 20112011-12-28Three priests perform abhishekam at a temple shrine. On the left, a man in saffron-orange robe with a beaded necklace pours water from a silver vessel. In the centre, a bespectacled priest in white dhoti and shawl with rudraksha mala holds a silver tray with water flowing over a black lingam. On the right, a priest in white dhoti with gold border holds a small silver dish. Behind them stands a large golden deity murti draped in orange cloth. A small white marble statue of a seated figure and a small golden deity figure sit in the foreground. Two priests in white and saffron clothing are visible, with a gold-framed shrine to the side.2011-12-28December 19 20102010-12-19December 19 20102010-12-19A temple abhishekam at a shrine with a golden arched canopy. A young priest in an orange-red dhoti and shawl stands at centre, pouring water from a silver vessel over white-and-gold deity figures on a gold-framed pedestal. Five white-clad priests in white dhotis and shawls, several wearing rudraksha malas, stand behind and to the left, one holding a brass tray of yellow flowers. Behind them are an orange wall with a red-and-white striped border, brass lamps and a red-clothed deity on the right.2011-11-01July 21 20102010-07-21November 01 20112011-11-01A temple ritual scene in a courtyard with orange-washed walls and carved stone pillars. A bald priest in white dhoti with a sacred thread and garland pours water from a brass vessel over a small green-clad deity murti standing on a gold-toned palanquin-style pedestal. A second figure in orange cloth with rudraksha malas stands beside it, and a third man in white with an orange tilak on his head lifts a woven basket of flowers. Two women in saffron sarees and several people in white stand watching at left, and brass lamps and offerings sit on a stone platform at right.2011-10-06Photo inside a temple shrine with a stone pillared entrance. A shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl with gold borders, face and arms marked with white paint, lifts a lamp toward a golden deity murti in an arched gold frame. A second priest in white with a rudraksha-style necklace stands at right with palms joined in prayer, and a third in white folds his hands at left. Behind them sit large golden seated deity statues, one in an orange-saffron robe, on a black stone pedestal with a shivalinga-like black stone. A white marble seated figure in meditation pose stands in the foreground, and a small gold figure rests on a base at lower right. Water reflects on the floor.2011-09-19December 19 20102010-12-19 +1 copiesPhotograph of a shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and white shawl with gold border, wearing a long beaded necklace of gold-toned beads, holding a silver tray with a multi-flame silver aarti lamp, the flames rising and smoke drifting. Behind him another priest in white and a younger man in saffron-orange robes with a beaded necklace stand in an orange-walled courtyard. A hand at the left edge holds a bell-like object. The priest with the aarti lamp is not an identifiable a person candidate by the given cues, so this is an aarti ritual by priests and devotees.2011-12-01