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A golden statue of a standing saint with a white and red flower garland is being bathed with liquid poured from a gold vessel. Two bare-chested priests in white dhotis and orange-red shawls with rudraksha malas perform the abhishekam; the one pouring holds a tall gold pot raised above the statue's head while the other holds a smaller gold vessel. Behind them is a metal frame and a wall of purple, yellow and white flower garlands, with a large crowd of devotees in the background.

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A shirtless man in an orange dhoti with a rudraksha mala pours water from a golden kalasha over a bronze statue of a standing figure, which wears a yellow and white flower garland. The statue has a bare head and folded hands, and the pouring water shows as a spray. Behind them is a tall decorative column of marigold and purple flower garlands, and white metal railings frame the scene. Blurred tiered seating with spectators and red flags fills the background. The scene matches an abhishekam-style pouring on a statue; no visible person clearly matches the a person description, so the statue is a depiction of a figure rather than a living person.2016-12-03A priest with a shaved head and bare chest, wearing a white dhoti, pours water from a brass vessel over a bronze statue of a sage on a stone pedestal, performing abhishekam on a riverside ghat. The statue wears a garland of yellow flowers. Behind them a wall of marigold and white garlands in orange, yellow, purple and white is draped. To the right, a second man in an orange dhoti with a sacred thread stands with his hands folded. Brass pots sit on the stone platform. Spectators sit on terraced steps in the background.2016-12-16A man bare-chested with rudraksha malas and a red-and-gold striped dhoti pours water from a brass vessel over a bronze statue of a seated figure wearing a white and red flower garland. Behind them a wall of marigold and rose garlands in yellow, purple, white and maroon forms the backdrop, with spectators seated in the stands on the left. The scene suggests abhishekam to a murti with garlands and water offering.2016-12-05December 03 20162016-12-03December 05 20162016-12-05A bare-chested priest in an orange and yellow dhoti and a rudraksha mala pours water from a golden kalasha over a bronze statue of a standing figure with hands held in front. The statue wears a yellow flower garland and is a deity murti or devotional statue, not a living person. Behind them, a tiered stand is decorated with long garlands of yellow, purple, white and green flowers, and a crowd of seated devotees, some in white and orange, fills the stadium-style stands. The scene is abhishekam of a statue during a pada puja setting.2016-12-03November 11 20162016-11-11 +1 copiesA shaved-headed priest in a rust-red dhoti and shawl, bare-backed, wearing a rudraksha mala with glasses, pours liquid from a golden kalasha onto a golden statue. The statue wears garlands of white, yellow and purple flowers, and the liquid splashes in a spray of yellow. The setting is an outdoor stepped area with grey metal railings, staircases and seated onlookers in the blurred background. The priest's identity is not established by appearance.2016-12-18December 09 20162016-12-09A bronze statue of a small figure, garlanded with white jasmine and red flowers, receives an abhishekam as water is poured over it from a brass pot. Three men stand at the scene: one bald man in an orange-and-gold wrap pours from a brass vessel, a young man with long curly hair wears a dark rudraksha mala, orange-and-gold cloth and bangles and holds a small brass pot, and a bald man in white dhoti and a rust-orange rudraksha mala stands at the right, pouring from a smaller pot. Brass containers sit below, with a steel staircase and seated devotees in the background against a red-brown stepped structure.2016-12-05A photograph of an outdoor abhishekam at a stone-stepped water tank. A bare-chested man in an orange-and-maroon dhoti pours liquid from a brass kalasha over a small yellow-garlanded deity murti. In the foreground, a white-clad priest with a shaved head and a red-and-brown rudraksha mala bends over metal vessels. Strings of yellow, purple, pink and white flowers hang on the right. Many marigold garlands decorate the murti and the setting, and the scene is lit by daylight.2016-12-03December 05 20162016-12-05