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Outdoor photo beneath a canopy of leafy trees. In the left foreground a large dark stone or metal statue of a deity stands with one arm raised, holding an object aloft, its torso and shoulders partly visible. At right, a shaved-headed priest in a saffron-orange dhoti with a yellow-gold border leans forward, reaching up toward the statue while holding a small silver vessel in one hand. Beside him, a second man in matching saffron-orange and gold garments holds a shallow metal bowl. The scene suggests a ritual offering or abhishekam at the deity murti.

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Outdoor photo of a devotee pouring liquid from a metal pot over a large black stone murti of a seated figure, with water streaming down its body. The devotee wears a reddish-maroon dhoti with yellow borders, a bare upper body, a white and multicoloured flower garland, and gold bangles and necklace. Other devotees in matching maroon and yellow-bordered garments stand behind and to the right, under a canopy of green trees.2015-02-05February 05 20152015-02-05February 05 20152015-02-05Outdoor puja beneath a large leafy tree at an ashram. Three men in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls perform ritual worship before a black stone deity murti on the right, adorned with green leaves and a crown. The man in front left bends over a tray of flowers and offerings on a striped blue cloth, while a man in the centre holds a flaming lamp and small bell toward the murti. A man behind, wearing a flower garland, stands with palms joined in prayer. A tripod and brass vessels are visible on the altar. No identifiable a person appearance is clearly present.2015-02-05Outdoor photograph beneath a large leafy tree at an ashram. A dark stone deity murti with a crown and a garland of green leaves stands at right. Three saffron-robed devotees perform a ritual: a standing woman in an orange sari with a white flower garland, a shaved-headed man in orange cloth with a rudraksha mala extending his hand toward the murti, and a kneeling shaved-headed man in orange clothes reaching toward a brass vessel and plates on a striped blue cloth, apparently a puja or abhishekam offering. Three people are visible.2015-02-05Outdoors under a leafy tree, a man in an orange-saffron robe with a gold-bordered sash and a long white and red flower garland stands beside a black stone statue of a seated figure in an ornate crown. He lays his right hand on the statue's head while holding a small wooden tray with a red cloth in his left hand. A second robed man stands partly visible at the right edge. A single person in the foreground is clearly in an orange robe with rudraksha-style beads and gold necklaces; the statue is a deity murti.2015-02-05February 05 20152015-02-05 +1 copiesFebruary 05 20152015-02-05Outdoors under a leafy tree, several shaved-headed men in rust-red and saffron-toned dhotis with gold-edged sashes hold up large brass or copper trays and bowls with both hands. The foremost man in the left foreground looks down toward the offering. In the centre a garland of white flowers with red and green accents hangs from a tray, and a dark stone figure with a helmet-like crown and ornate armour stands at right. Behind the group a cameraman in white operates a tripod-mounted video camera.2015-02-05February 05 20152015-02-05February 05 20152015-02-05Outdoor photograph of a black stone deity murti with raised arm, viewed from below against a canopy of green trees. Two shaved-headed men in saffron and yellow ochre dhoti-style cloth stand at right; the nearer one, on the right side, holds a small brass vessel and a lit oil lamp or flame toward the statue, while the other, further right, holds a brass bowl with a bead mala on his wrist. Their bare shoulders and sacred thread-style cords suggest a puja or aarti offering at the murti.2015-02-05