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A seated man with long dark hair and white tilak markings on his forehead and arms pours liquid from a silver vessel over a small silver shivalinga and offerings on a silver bowl, during a rudrabhishekam on a white patterned tablecloth. He wears a saffron-orange dhoti with gold border, gold bangles and a heavy gold necklace, and sits in an ornate silver chair with a leopard-print cushion. Behind him a shallow stone-lined stream or pool reflects light. A small silver cup and a bowl of yellow substance sit beside the offerings.

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December 17 20142014-12-17A seated figure with long dark hair and white ash markings on the forehead, arms and shoulders performs worship with palms pressed together at the chest, eyes lowered. The figure wears a rust-red garment with gold-yellow border and heavy gold necklaces and bangles. In front, a white-draped table holds a silver bowl with a shivalingam-style object, a small silver vessel, a brass bowl and a small bowl of yellow liquid. Behind is a shallow stone-tiled pool with dark water, and an ornate silver chair with a carved bird finial. Appears to be a rudrabhishekam offering moment.2014-12-17December 17 20142014-12-17December 17 20142014-12-17A seated person with hands pressed together in namaste beside a flowing stream under trees. The person wears a red-orange garment with a gold border, a long multi-strand gold necklace, gold bangles and a white forehead marking, and has long dark hair. On a white-draped table sits a silver puja setup with a silver bell, a silver vessel and small silver bowls holding offerings near a silver linga-shaped form. The person sits on a leopard-print cushion beside the water.2014-12-17December 17 20142014-12-17 +1 copiesA person sits on an ornate silver-backed chair beside a clear stream, palms pressed together in prayer with eyes closed. The person wears a red and orange draped garment, a long gold necklace and a garland, gold armbands, and white sacred ash markings on the forehead and arms. Before them on a white draped table sit a silver puja vessel holding a small ritual object, a glass jar, and small silver bowls with offerings. Sunlight dapples the water over stone slabs. This is a ritual scene.2014-12-17December 17 20142014-12-17A seated figure with long, dark, wavy hair and white sacred markings on the forehead and arms sits outdoors beside a stone surface with running water. The figure, wearing a maroon and gold-bordered cloth with gold garlands and bangles, has palms pressed together in prayer. In front of them on a white embroidered cloth stand silver bowls, a small silver pot with a spout, a silver kalasha-like vessel, and a decorated silver ceremonial object with flowers, indicating puja offerings. A silver peacock-headed staff or rod is held in the foreground by a hand at the bottom edge. The scene is consistent with a Rudrabhishekam ritual.2014-12-17A seated figure with long dark hair and a white horizontal forehead mark sits in a silver ornate chair with lion-head carvings, palms pressed together in prayer beside a shallow flowing stream over stone slabs. The figure wears a red-orange garment with gold border, a heavy gold necklace and gold armlets, with white ash smeared on the upper arms and chest. A white-draped table holds a silver plate with a conch-shaped vessel, offerings, a small silver bowl and a silver jug. A hand holding a silver ritual staff is visible at the lower right.2014-12-17A photograph of a long-haired man in an orange-red garment seated before a golden throne with a lion-face carving. He wears layered rudraksha malas, a heavy gold-toned bead necklace, rudraksha armlets and a white forehead mark with a red bindi. He is pouring liquid from a silver-patterned vessel over a small gold-coloured deity murti standing on a marble tray beside a pink flower. Wooden panelling forms the background. a person by appearance: long swept hair, rudraksha malas, ornate gold necklace and orange-red clothing, performing abhishekam on the murti. One person's head is partially visible at the lower right.2012-06-01 +1 copiesA seated man with long dark hair, wearing a rust-orange robe, a red tilak on his forehead, a rudraksha mala and a gold-bead necklace, pours water from a silver conch-shaped vessel over a small bronze deity murti standing on a silver tray. A silver shivalingam and a pink flower lie on the tray with yellow turmeric. Behind him a gold-embossed throne and another person in white are partly visible. The scene suggests an abhishekam ritual. The man is an appearance-based probable Swamiji, with long hair, orange robes and rudraksha malas, shown performing the abhishekam.2012-06-01 +1 copies