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A hand pours fine white powder from a round brass vessel onto a dark stone lingam-shaped form on a black pedestal. Behind it, a large seated golden statue wears an orange-saffron draped garment with a purple border, and gold sandals rest on a lotus-petal base. Powder dusts the base and the statue's knees. In the foreground, a small white marble statue of a standing figure in a white turban raises one hand, and a gold deity murti with an ornate crown is beside it. Red drapery forms the background. No living people except the pouring hand are visible, and the scene appears to show a ritual dusting of a sacred stone form.

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September 19 20112011-09-19A photograph of a temple ritual: a person's arm and hand, wearing a bangle and marked with white ash, pours white powder from a brass vessel over a gilded seated deity murti draped in orange cloth. Powder piles on the black pedestal beneath. In the foreground, a white marble statue of a seated, robed sage with a raised hand and a small gilded deity murti stand on the pedestal.2011-09-19A photograph of a ritual abhishekam in which a fine white powder. The murti wears an orange cloth draped over its lap and has golden feet and bangles. White powder has piled up on the black pedestal and the platform. In the foreground, a white marble statue of a turbaned figure and a small golden deity figure stand out of focus. No living person is seen apart from the arm holding the plate.2011-09-19September 19 20112011-09-19A temple ritual scene centred on a dark black stone lingam being covered with white powder. Behind the lingam sit large gold-finished deity murti in an ornate shrine with an orange-draped seated figure on a gold lotus base. A small white marble seated statue with raised hand and a small gold-coloured deity figure stand in front of the black pedestal. Red curtains frame the shrine.2011-09-19September 19 20112011-09-19September 19 20112011-09-19A temple priest in an orange saffron dhoti and shawl pours white cooked rice from a copper vessel over a dark stone Shiva lingam set in a grey carved stone yoni pedestal. The rice covers the lingam and spreads across the base in a heap, marking an annadan-style annabhishekam offering. A standing golden deity murti with a red-jewelled crown and a figure in white and maroon ritual clothing with gold border appear at the right. A priest with a white tilak on his forehead performs the offering. The background is dark with carved stone pillars.2007-10-25A man with long dark hair and a bare upper body, wearing a saffron-orange dhoti-style cloth draped over his shoulder, stands at left and pours liquid from a small silver vessel over a pair of metal deity murtis of Shiva and Parvati. The seated Shiva-form murti wears a white dhoti, a silver crown, and a garland of yellow and red flowers, and the female murti wears a red sari and silver crown. Another person in orange robes stands at the far left edge, with a brass pot nearby. The murtis sit on a dark stone pedestal scattered with white granules, in a pillared open hall at night. A white-clad devotee is visible at the bottom left edge. The scene resembles a Shivaratri abhishekam.2007-02-16July 21 20102010-07-21A photograph of a ritual at a temple shrine where white powder. The powder cascades over three small golden and white metal murtis set on a raised platform: a small figure on the left, a conical shivalinga-like pedestal in the centre, and a standing figure in red and white draped clothing on the right, all dusted white. Behind them are red and green draped cloths and strings of yellow flowers. The scene suggests a powder abhishekam offering to deity murtis.2016-03-07A photograph of a temple shrine with a black stone Shivalinga set on a dark circular yoni-pitha basin, dusted with white powder. A bald priest in saffron-orange robes with a gold-coloured bangle stands at left, holding a brass plate over the linga with both hands. Behind them is a deity murti in red garments with gold crown and jewellery, draped with garlands of orange and yellow marigolds and red flowers. A white marble statue of a seated figure in a white turban sits at lower right on the basin edge, and a red curtain hangs at right. The priest appears to be performing abhishekam or puja. The figure in white marble is a statue, not a physical person.2011-03-03