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A ritual abhishekam scene in a pink-tinted hall. A shirtless older man with long grey hair and a white beard, wearing a white dhoti and red-beaded bracelets, pours water from a small silver-rimmed vessel over the head of a smiling person with long dark hair who wears a yellow-and-orange garland and a red-brown shawl. Behind them, several men wear saffron and orange robes, orange and red turbans, rudraksha malas and ceremonial yellow sashes. A brass tray and a blue-and-gold kalasha-style pot sit in front, with green leaves held in the foreground, and a white-clad attendant stands at left. Several devotees' heads are partly visible at the bottom.

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January 13 20152015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13A ceremonial photograph in which an elderly bearded man with long grey hair, bare-chested and wearing a rudraksha mala and gold necklaces, reaches forward with his hands over a bowl while a smiling woman with a red bindi and yellow-and-white garland sits before him. Behind them, several men in saffron and orange robes, some wearing turbans and rudraksha malas, stand in a crowd, and a hand extends a green vessel with leaves toward the group. The foreground is blurred with orange turbans and a white-clad figure, and a metal tray is held overhead at the top.2015-01-13A bare-chested, white-bearded man with long grey hair and a rudraksha mala pours water from a green metal vessel over the head of a seated man in a red-orange robe and marigold garland. A woman in a dark brown-orange robe with a yellow marigold garland sits beside them, eyes lowered. Behind them, saffron-robed men in orange and yellow turbans and white clothes sit in the background, some wearing lanyards. The scene appears to be an abhishekam or ritual bathing with water. Several other people watch closely.2015-01-13A shirtless, grey-haired, bearded man in a striped gold-bordered dhoti pours or offers from a woven green-and-gold vessel onto a seated devotee in red. Two seated devotees in orange and white are adorned with yellow and orange marigold garlands, rudraksha beads and gold necklaces. Men in orange and saffron shawls, some wearing yellow lanyards and turbans, crowd around, and a photographer's camera is visible at right.2015-01-13A ritual scene at a red-draped stage with a Kannada-script banner reading ಜನವರಿ (January) at top right. A bare-chested elderly man with long grey hair and a white dhoti-style cloth tied at the waist extends his arms and holds a small brass vessel toward a seated woman in a saffron sari with a yellow marigold garland, her hands folded in namaste as she smiles. Behind them, men in saffron and orange robes, rudraksha malas and one in a white-and-orange turban stand close, while another man in a red-and-yellow turban and orange shawl is in the foreground. Several people hold brass pots and kalasha-style vessels.2015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13