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A photograph of a priest climbing a bamboo scaffold to reach the white tower of a temple, performing the kalasha installation during a kumbhabhishekam. He wears a yellow dhoti with a dark border and a red-orange shawl over one shoulder, and his shaved head is visible. He reaches up with both arms to place a green leafy sprig atop a copper kalasha decorated with a garland of orange and yellow flowers. Another priest in white clothing stands behind him, also reaching upward, and a red-orange flag pole rises beside them against a pale sky.

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October 09 20082008-10-09October 09 20082008-10-09A priest in an orange-red dhoti with gold border and a bare upper body stands at right, holding a clay pot wrapped with white thread up toward a tall white temple dome. The dome is carved with floral and geometric relief patterns and topped with a kalasha decorated with yellow marigold garlands and a white cloth wrap. Overcast grey sky fills the background. Wrist and arm bracelets and a red-brown rudraksha mala are visible on the priest, who is performing a kumbabhishekam rite on the shrine's finial.2015-05-01May 01 20152015-05-01May 01 20152015-05-01October 22 20142014-10-22 +1 copiesNovember 22 20102010-11-22June 19 20142014-06-19October 22 20142014-10-22 +1 copiesJune 29 20142014-06-29 +1 copiesOutdoor ritual photo at an ashram under palm trees. A bare-shouldered man with long swept-back dark hair, a beaded rudraksha mala, and a saffron-orange shawl stands at right holding a silver vessel over a copper-clad pillar or kalasha-topped structure decorated with a red cloth wrap and garlands of yellow, red and white flowers. A younger man in orange robes beside him holds a silver dish, and another orange-robed attendant stands behind, with a further person partly visible at the bottom right.2008-03-23December 27 20162016-12-27