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A smiling person with long grey hair and a red bindi stands in a rust-coloured garment, pouring water over a dark stone lingam from a multicoloured kalasha pot with a bundle of green leaves. Behind is a backdrop of red, yellow, white and purple flower garlands and a gold deity murti. This appears to be an abhishekam ritual. a person: the long swept hair, rudraksha malas on arm and chest, and saffron-toned clothing match the candidate's cues, shown performing the abhishekam. Water droplets and a blurred foreground are visible.

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January 13 20152015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13A long-haired man in a red-maroon garment and a gold ceremonial necklace with rudraksha beads carries a colourful woven basket on his head with both arms raised, smiling. Rudraksha bracelets are on his wrists. Behind him stands a deity murti draped with a wall of flowers in red, white, yellow, purple and green stripes, with garland strands in marigold orange. Probable Swamiji with long hair and rudraksha mala cues, shown in an appearance-based label; a bare-chested dress and ceremonial gold necklace visible. The scene is a festival or ritual setting with flower decoration.2015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13July 18 20152015-07-18February 19 20152015-02-19 +1 copiesA temple interior where a person in a maroon and gold-bordered dhoti and matching shawl, with a garland of yellow and red flowers around the neck and a red-and-gold bangle on the wrist, smiles while placing a hand on a black stone Shivalingam decorated with yellow marigold garlands and green leaves. Behind them stands a golden deity murti in a red skirt, with a tall striped and flower-decorated garland hanging nearby. A man in white dhoti with a gold border stands at left holding a metal bowl, and a bare-headed attendant in white is also visible at the left edge. The scene looks like an abhishekam or puja at the lingam, with offerings of leaves and a coconut at the base. Several people are partially visible at the edges, making the count uncertain.2015-01-13January 15 20172017-01-15A photograph of a long-haired man in an orange and gold dhoti and a white and red flower garland pouring liquid from a brass vessel over a deity murti decorated with yellow and red flower garlands. The man has a tilak on his forehead and smiles while performing abhishekam. Behind the murti stands a golden ornamented figure with a jeweled crown, and a black stone shivalinga sits in the lower right. The setting is a temple shrine with a green and red decorated backdrop. The man appears to be a priest or devotee; the appearance cues are a long swept-back hairstyle and orange clothing, but they are not sufficiently distinctive to identify him.2007-01-01 +1 copiesApril 23 20132013-04-23 +2 copies