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A man with short dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead performs a ritual at a stone ghat. He wears a red-and-gold sleeveless garment and a long necklace of rudraksha beads, and holds a silver conch-shaped cup while looking down at a small brass deity figure on a silver stand. A silver kalasha vessel with a spout sits above the stand, and silver pots lie in the foreground. Behind him, two men in orange and red robes stand with hands folded near a white carved wall.

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A man in a saffron-and-gold dhoti with a rudraksha mala draped over his shoulder pours water from a silver abhishekam vessel over a small brass deity murti on a silver stand. Silver pots and a silver tray sit in the foreground, and two robed men stand behind him near stone steps. The setting appears to be an outdoor ritual platform with stone walls. Two standing attendants in orange and red robes are visible in the background. This is a photo of a Rudrabhishekam-style abhishekam ritual.2014-03-24March 24 20142014-03-24March 24 20142014-03-24Outdoor ritual on the stone steps of a riverside ghat. In the foreground a person with long dark hair pulled back, a red-orange shawl over the shoulder, and a long rudraksha mala with a sacred thread wrist band, sits before a silver ritual vessel and a silver spouted pot, pouring from a silver cup; a small brass deity figure and a bell-like object sit on the ground. Behind them, seated devotees in red, orange and white clothing watch closely, including a young girl in purple and women in saris and shawls, with a few children among them.2014-03-24July 15 20132013-07-15March 24 20142014-03-24A photo of a man in an orange-saffron cloth and a long mala of rudraksha beads pouring water from a silver vessel into a silver cup during an abhishekam-style ritual on stone ghat steps. A small brass deity murti and silver kalasha pots stand on a red patterned cloth tray in the foreground, and a second robed figure in orange stands on the steps behind him. He wears a red sacred thread on his wrist and a tilak on his forehead.2014-03-24A seated man in a brown-and-gold ceremonial shawl performs an abhishekam, holding a silver cup beneath a silver pouring vessel on a stand from which water streams. He wears a tiered rudraksha-style mala with ornate gold pendants, gold bangles, and a white sacred ash line with a red bindi. Behind him stands a golden ornate throne, and on the tray before him are a silver urn, a small brass deity murti, and a golden lion-head ornament. Orange and red flowers decorate the background.2013-09-16 +1 copiesA man in orange-saffron robes pours water from a silver vessel into a silver cup during a ritual at a stone ghat with stone steps. He wears a long rudraksha mala with large beads and a red thread on his wrist, and has a tilak on his forehead. On the silver tray in front are silver pots, a small brass-colored deity murti, and a metal stand holding a filter. Another person in orange cloth is partly visible on the steps behind him.2014-03-24September 16 20132013-09-16September 16 20132013-09-16March 24 20142014-03-24