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A photograph of a ritual abhishekam at night, with smoke and bright light haze. In the foreground a bare-chested man in white dhoti with a gold-bordered cloth and a red-and-purple head cloth pours liquid from a vessel onto a wooden platform decorated with orange and red flowers. Behind him a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a gold border and a dark bead necklace stands watching. A bronze vessel sits on the platform, and a brass lamp hangs in the upper right. Flower petals and white offerings are scattered on the wood.

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August 22 20172017-08-22A photograph of a ritual puja at an open-sided temple hall with smoke in the air. In the foreground a man in a yellow head cloth and bare chest, wearing white dhoti with a gold-bordered cloth and a multi-strand rudraksha-style mala with a gold pendant, holds a lit oil lamp over a silver pot wrapped in yellow marigold garlands. A second priest in white clothes bends over at the left edge. Behind them, a few people in orange and saffron clothes stand and sit, and a seated figure at right wears orange robes and a beaded necklace beside a golden ornate seat. Smoke and warm light fill the space.2017-08-02Photograph of a ritual abhishekam at night under a pale tent canopy. A priest with a bare upper body and a white dhoti with a blue border stands at centre, holding up a silver vessel with a spout over his head, with yellow marigold garlands and a yellow cloth draped over his shoulders. Steam or vapour rises and drifts through the right side of the frame. At left, a second man with a bare chest, a yellow shawl and a small bell in his hand appears partly cut off. The scene suggests a Rudra abhishekam offering.2016-12-02A priest in white dhoti and a yellow-and-blue sash stands at a stone or brass bowl on a flower-decorated altar, pouring from a tall brass or copper pot. He wears a magenta-and-purple turban and a thin necklace, and his bare upper torso is visible. Fine mist or sprayed water catches the light in the air above him, and marigold-orange and yellow flowers and white offerings lie on the altar. Hanging brass lamps and a tented pavilion frame the scene.2016-12-02August 02 20172017-08-02August 22 20172017-08-22Night ritual at an open-air pavilion with a fire pit. A devotee in an orange cloth and white dhoti with a blue headband bends over the fire pit, pouring from a small metal ladle while smoke and flame rise from the wooden-framed yellow platform. Garlanded flowers, white blossoms and petals sit nearby. Another man in a white dhoti bends at the left, and a figure in white stands in the background. Bright lights hang overhead under a draped canopy.2017-08-22Night ritual photograph with smoke drifting across the frame. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with yellow and red border and a blue head cloth stands at left, holding a flaming oil lamp (aarti) in one hand and reaching toward a second person at right who holds a small silver vessel. Flower garlands with red blossoms lie on the ground in the foreground, and a concrete structure and garlands are visible behind. The priest wears a plain gold chain and the scene suggests an aarti or purification offering during an evening ceremony.2017-08-22September 09 20162016-09-09Night ritual photograph of a priest in an orange-saffron shawl and white dhoti with a red-and-gold border, wearing a blue headband, a rudraksha mala and a gold chain. He bends over a brass lamp holding a lit wick flame to a small offering stand bordered with white flowers, marigolds and red blooms. Smoke rises behind him, and another white-clad figure with a yellow cloth tends a second flame in the background. Colourful draped cloth and a bright lamp fill the open-air setting.2017-08-22August 22 20172017-08-22Photo of a Navaratri puja at an altar with a bright fire pit in the background. Two bare-chested priests in white dhotis with coloured borders bend over the offerings; the nearer one, with a rudraksha mala, pours from a ladle into the flames, while the other, with a blue head cloth and a green shawl, holds a small ritual vessel. Yellow marigold garlands, apples, coconuts and kalasha-style pots with white cloth decorate the table. A golden standing deity murti stands at right and another person is partly visible at upper left. Smoke rises from the homa.2017-09-27 +1 copies