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A man performs an abhishekam-style pouring ritual at night under stage lights. He is bare-chested with an orange turban, an orange and dark bead mala, and a yellow-and-red patterned cloth wrapped at his waist. He holds a silver kalasha-like vessel wrapped in white cloth and decorated with yellow marigold flowers and grass blades, and water streams from its spout. A watch is on his wrist. The background is blurred with bright lights and a stage structure.

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December 06 20162016-12-06A bare-chested man in white dhoti and yellow-green cloth wrap stands on a stage under bright lights, holding a silver kalasha pot wrapped in white cloth and topped with yellow flowers and grass blades, pouring a thin stream of water from it. He wears an orange headcloth, a rudraksha mala and a wristwatch. The setting appears to be an outdoor tent-like venue with scaffolding in the background. No visible identification of a specific individual is possible from appearance alone.2016-12-05December 05 20162016-12-05 +1 copiesDecember 05 20162016-12-05December 02 20162016-12-02Close-up of a priest's hands pouring water from a silver kalasha vessel with a spout shaped like an animal head, the vessel wrapped in a white cloth tied with pink flowers and marked with a turmeric-yellow stain. The priest wears a white dhoti with gold borders, a gold-bordered shawl, and a beaded rudraksha-style mala with gold accents. Blurred in the background, another figure in orange-red garments and beads stands near tropical green foliage.2018-04-14December 02 20162016-12-02April 14 20182018-04-14A 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.2016-12-02Photograph 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.2016-12-02December 02 20162016-12-02A shirtless man with an orange turban and multiple beaded necklaces, including rudraksha-style malas, holds a lit oil lamp in a silver vessel with both hands before a seated crowd. He wears a striped cloth over white dhoti-style garment and has a red mark on his forehead. Behind him, many devotees in white clothes sit in a blurred audience, some with hands folded. Marigold garlands and a brass pot appear in the foreground.2016-12-05 +1 copies