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A photograph of a sprinkling rite in a large hall with bright ceiling lights and a red-and-gold backdrop. In the foreground a man in a yellow dhoti and bare chest holds a clay pot wrapped in woven cane and raises a green leaf, flicking water. Nearby a bare-chested man in white dhoti holds a similar pot, and a woman in a lavender sari and glasses stands facing him. Other devotees in white and bare-chested attire, and a woman in green, are around them, with a partly visible figure in white raising a hand at the top left. Water droplets spray through the air.

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December 05 20162016-12-05December 05 20162016-12-05December 02 20162016-12-02December 05 20162016-12-05Night-time outdoor abhishekam under a tent in light rain. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti with blue border and a yellow upper cloth raises green leaves in one hand while holding a clear glass jar of offering; his arm is raised overhead. Around him many shirtless men in white dhotis sit or stand, some with folded hands. A bearded man with long hair sits in the foreground. Behind them a golden bull and a red-and-gold deity murti stand against dark red drapes, with a speaker and tent poles above. Visible people number roughly 20-30.2016-12-02December 07 20162016-12-07March 05 20162016-03-05 +1 copiesMay 06 20162016-05-06A woman in a white and gold-bordered sari stands centrally, holding a bundle of green mango-type leaves in her right hand and a brass kalasha-style vessel wrapped in a woven basket in her left, apparently sprinkling water in a ritual gesture. She wears a black beaded mala and gold earrings. To the right, a bare-chested man in white dhoti with gold border wears rudraksha and bead malas and holds a small white cup. Behind them, many seated people in white ritual clothes fill the hall, some with shaved heads and sacred markings.2017-03-16March 05 20162016-03-05 +2 copiesDecember 02 20162016-12-02A bare-chested priest in a yellow dhoti with green and red patterned border stands at a ritual site, sprinkling water from a green leaf dipped into a brass pot toward golden deity murti and ornate gold arches. Seated devotees in the foreground, including a woman in white, watch the abhishekam-style water offering under a white canopy with colourful decorations behind. The scene is a temple ritual setting.2016-12-12