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A night-time temple scene at a stone-pillared shrine where a long-haired man with bare back, wearing an orange cloth, pours from a vessel onto a dark lingam-like form before a seated deity murti with a crown and garlands. A second orange-robed attendant stands at left holding a silver vessel, and a third figure sits partly visible at the lower right. Yellow and white flower garlands and a silver necklace adorn the deity; a brass lamp stands at left. Priestly abhishekam is being performed.

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Night abhishekam at a temple shrine: a large metal murti of Shiva and Parvati seated together on a dark stone peetha, garlanded with yellow and orange marigold strings, with a white ritual cloth draped over the lingam base. Priests in saffron/orange dhotis, one with bare back and long hair, pour liquid from a silver vessel and hold metal pots and offerings. A worshipper in orange crouches at lower right. A brass oil lamp stands at the right edge beside white stone pillars.2007-02-16Night photo of a temple ritual at a shrine with a large metal murti of a deity couple seated on a pedestal, adorned with garlands of white and yellow flowers and a red-and-green garment. A man with long dark hair, bare-chested and wearing an orange dhoti, holds up a lit oil lamp toward the murti. Beside him, a man in an orange robe with a gold chain stands on the wet stone floor. White ritual offerings are heaped at the base of the statue, and a brass lamp stand is visible at right2007-02-16A photograph of a temple abhishekam at night. A shirtless man in orange cloth raises a silver vessel with a golden crown-shaped lid high above a pair of seated deity murtis, and his hands are held up over the idols. Two attendants in saffron and orange robes stand at left, one with folded hands and a rudraksha-style bead necklace. The large central murti is a seated male figure with a crown, white dhoti and garlands, beside a seated female figure in a green and red sari with flower garlands. A brass lamp stands at right, and a small silver shrine and ornate white-framed deity figure sit in front on the wet floor. Two people are physically present, and the statues are not counted.2007-02-16Night-time abhishekam at a stone shrine in front of a large black stone statue of Shiva and Parvati, seated together and garlanded with marigold and red flower garlands. Three priests stand on a wet stone floor: two in saffron-orange dhotis with bare upper bodies, one in a peach-orange cloth holding a silver vessel and wearing a gold-bead necklace. A small brass lamp stands at right, and a small silver deity figure sits on a platform in front. The scene is a shrine ritual; no one is identified.2007-02-16February 16 20072007-02-16Night ritual abhishekam at a stone temple shrine with a pillared open hall. A shaved-headed priest in orange-saffron dhoti stands at left raising a hand, while a long-haired man with bare torso and orange dhoti pours liquid from a silver vessel held overhead over a black Shivalinga with a green leaf offering. Behind them stands a deity murti in white and red with a golden crown, garlanded with marigold and yellow flowers, flanked by a second figure. Brass oil lamps stand on the wet stone floor, and a small brass deity figure sits in front of the shrine.2007-02-16A figure with long dark hair and a bare upper body, wearing an orange-red cloth wrapped around the waist and over the shoulder, offers a small lamp or vessel with his right hand toward a stone deity pair in a temple hall at night. The deities are a seated figure in white and red with a crown and a garland of yellow and red flowers, and a second figure in green and red with a tall crown and necklaces; a black lingam sits before them with a yellow flower garland. To the left, a man in orange robes stands holding a steel pot. Columns of white stone frame the scene. Appears to be a puja or abhishekam at a shrine.2007-02-16February 16 20072007-02-16February 16 20072007-02-16A man with long dark hair and a bare upper body, wearing a saffron-orange dhoti-style cloth draped over his shoulder, stands at left and pours liquid from a small silver vessel over a pair of metal deity murtis of Shiva and Parvati. The seated Shiva-form murti wears a white dhoti, a silver crown, and a garland of yellow and red flowers, and the female murti wears a red sari and silver crown. Another person in orange robes stands at the far left edge, with a brass pot nearby. The murtis sit on a dark stone pedestal scattered with white granules, in a pillared open hall at night. A white-clad devotee is visible at the bottom left edge. The scene resembles a Shivaratri abhishekam.2007-02-16A devotee in an orange-red dhoti and bare-chested, with long dark wavy hair, stands at left in a dim open pavilion, holding a small lamp or offering vessel toward a pair of seated bronze-coloured deity murtis. The central figure wears a white dhoti, red crown-like headdress, white and silver necklaces, and a red cloth; the seated consort beside it wears a red and green sari with a yellow-and-orange flower garland and an ornate crown. A white stone linga with marigold garlands sits on a dark stone pedestal in front of them. Another person in orange stands partly visible at far left. The floor is wet.2007-02-16February 16 20072007-02-16