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A ritual abhishekam at a shrine stage. A man with long dark hair and a red-maroon dhoti and shawl stands at left, smiling and pouring liquid from a copper-orange pot over a central deity murti dressed in orange and gold with a crown-like headdress and flower garlands. A second man kneels at right, bare-chested with sandalwood-painted marks, a rudraksha mala and a red-orange head wrap, holding a small vessel toward the murti. Gold and silver oil lamps, a brass kalasha-style vessel, a golden standing female statue with folded hands, and multicolour marigold and rose garlands surround the altar under a pink-and-gold umbrella canopy against a starry backdrop.

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April 25 20182018-04-25April 25 20182018-04-25 +1 copiesA standing man in a deep maroon dhoti and matching shawl, wearing a long purple-and-white garland, tilak and gold armlets, pours liquid from an orange-red vessel over a decorated deity murti. Beside him a kneeling priest in a rust-red turban and dhoti, bare-chested with white paste markings and a rudraksha mala, holds an offering near the murti. The murti wears a crown and layered garlands, under a pink ornate parasol. Gold statues of female figures with hands folded stand on either side, and brass oil lamps and a kalasha sit on the altar. The backdrop is a starry pink nebula with a temple-tower image on the left.2018-04-25 +1 copiesPhotograph of a ritual abhishekam on a decorated stage. A standing man with long dark hair, a tilak and a reddish-maroon dhoti and shawl, wearing a gold chain and gold armlets, pours liquid from an orange-gold vessel over a central deity murti. The murti wears a crown, jewelled ornaments and an orange-and-pink cloth, and is garlanded with red, yellow, purple and white flower garlands. Beside him a kneeling assistant in a maroon cloth and rudraksha-style beads holds an offering to the murti. Golden standing statues flank the scene, one with hands folded in anjali, and a pink-and-gold umbrella hangs above the altar. Silver lamps and bowls and pink flowers sit on the stage rail.2018-04-25 +1 copiesApril 25 20182018-04-25April 25 20182018-04-25April 25 20182018-04-25 +1 copiesA ceremonial abhishekam scene on a stage before a decorated deity murti under a pink-and-gold ceremonial umbrella. A man with long dark hair and a dark red dhoti-style garment, wearing a garland and gold bangles, pours liquid from a golden pot. A bare-chested man in an orange-red cloth, with a red turban, sandalwood-paste markings and a rudraksha mala, kneels and holds a golden object over the murti. A third man in orange-red robes with white body markings stands at right holding a plate. Flower garlands in red, yellow, white and purple drape the murti, a golden female statue stands behind, and brass lamps and fruit sit in the foreground. The backdrop shows a starry sky. a person is not clearly identified in this image, so no candidate is named.2018-04-25 +1 copiesApril 25 20182018-04-25 +1 copiesApril 25 20182018-04-25 +1 copiesApril 25 20182018-04-25 +1 copiesApril 25 20182018-04-25 +1 copies