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Outdoor photo of a large dark rounded boulder in a dry, scrubby garden with small flowering plants and palm fronds. A man on the left wearing an orange saffron robe with a red-bordered cloth draped over his shoulder pours liquid from a brass or gold vessel onto the rock, as in an abhishekam to a sacred stone. A second person in white clothing with a yellow-bordered cloth stands at the upper right, partly cut off by the frame. The boulder is wet and mossy, with a small orange mark on its surface.

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A man in saffron-orange robes with a red-bordered cloth pours water from a brass vessel over a large, weathered, dark rock outdoors. He stands on dry earth beside the rock, which is mottled with lichen and wet from the pouring, and small white and pink flowering plants grow around it along with fan-palm fronds. Behind him, another person in white clothing sits partly visible on the ground at the right edge. The rock appears to be an object of ritual worship being bathed in a manner consistent with abhishekam. The man has short dark hair, a bare head, and his face is turned away from the camera, and nothing visible clearly establishes him as a specific individual, so no identity is asserted.2008-05-19A photograph of a man in saffron-orange robes with a maroon border pouring yellow liquid from a brass vessel onto a large moss-covered boulder outdoors. Yellow liquid streams over the rock, with white flowers scattered on it, and a fan palm, shrubs and a town of houses behind. The man has short dark hair and is seen from behind, holding the brass pot in both hands.2008-05-19A photo of a devotee in an orange saffron cloth wrapped around the body pouring water from a brass pot over a large dark rock in an outdoor setting. The rock is surrounded by green palm fronds, leafy shrubs and small pink-white flowers on dry earth. Two people in white clothing sit partly visible at the upper left edge behind the foliage. The scene suggests a ritual abhishekam-style offering of water on a stone.2008-05-19May 19 20082008-05-19May 19 20082008-05-19May 19 20082008-05-19Outdoor photograph of a man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl with a red border pouring water from a brass vessel over a large grey rock. Palm fronds lie against the rock, with small white flowers and green shrubs around it, and sandy ground behind. A person in white and yellow clothing stands at the right edge, partly cropped. The rock is wet from the pouring water.2008-05-19Outdoors among green trees, palms and rocky hills, a man in saffron-orange robes pours water from a brass vessel over a large dark boulder. Behind the boulder stands a small orange shrine with a curved top and a framed portrait wrapped in a red-and-white garland, with flowers placed in front. The portrait is a printed picture of a person in orange robes and cannot be counted as a physical person. A small orange flag is visible at the top right. The scene reads as an outdoor abhishekam of a sacred rock beside a shrine.2008-05-19May 19 20082008-05-19A man in an orange saffron dhoti and orange shawl stands at right, pouring water from a brass vessel over a large dark rock in an outdoor setting of trees, palms and boulders. Behind the rock is a small shrine canopy with a framed portrait of a bearded man draped in a red garland, surrounded by red and white flowers. An orange flag with a dark emblem flies at upper right. The scene suggests an abhishekam-style offering at a roadside or hillside shrine.2008-05-19May 19 20082008-05-19A photograph of an outdoor ritual on bare earth among green plants and palms. In the left foreground a man in an orange robe with a red-bordered cloth pours water from a brass vessel onto a large dark rock, water splashing off its wet surface. Behind, about a dozen people sit on mats in white clothes, several women in white saris and one woman in an orange sari, some sitting on low stone platforms. A man in khaki and a few others stand or sit further back. The scene suggests an abhishekam-style water offering, though the rock may be a natural stone and is not clearly a deity murti.2008-05-19