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A ritual scene in front of a richly decorated deity murti backdrop with gold and red garlands and jewellery. In the centre, a man in a green embroidered turban with pearl strings and a white dhoti holds a brown coconut cupped in both hands while a priest bare-chested in a purple cloth wrapped around his head and waist, with white sacred markings on his body and gold beaded necklaces, pours or offers something onto it with a small vessel. Both wear garlands of yellow and red flowers. Gold ornaments and a gilded background frame the abhishekam-style offering.

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October 18 20152015-10-18October 18 20152015-10-18A photograph of a temple ritual before two richly decorated deity murtis draped in red and white flower garlands and gold jewellery, with a gold ornate canopy above. A bare-chested priest with a blue head cloth and yellow-and-gold garland stands at left holding a ritual object near the murtis. At right, a man in a white dhoti and orange-yellow garland holds a coconut or offering, and a man in a gold-bordered dress with a gold shawl and garland stands beside a gold ceremonial staff. Gold ornamental peetha is visible in the foreground. No candidate is identified from appearance.2015-10-18October 18 20152015-10-18October 18 20152015-10-18October 18 20152015-10-18October 18 20152015-10-18October 18 20152015-10-18October 18 20152015-10-18October 18 20152015-10-18October 18 20152015-10-18A ritual scene before three deity murtis adorned with white and yellow flower garlands and gold jewellery. In the foreground a shirtless priest in a cream dhoti and a green-and-gold turban pours from a brass kalasha onto the head of a second man in a dark garment, who bows forward, hands clasped. The priest wears a gold armlet and bangles. A gold-embossed throne or peetha sits at the lower left. Green and red cloth drapes the altar. The setting suggests an abhishekam or temple ceremony. Two people are visible.2015-10-18