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A seated priest in orange saffron robes with white sacred ash marks on his forehead and arms pours raisins and grains from a brass vessel over a deity murti wrapped in a red cloth at a temple abhishekam. The murti sits on a gold-trimmed platform covered with white milk, grains and scattered raisins. Behind him a man in a red shirt holds a small bowl, and a standing man in white dhoti and yellow shawl watches. A dark plaque with printed names and a hanging bell are visible on the orange wall.

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July 21 20102010-07-21A seated man in an orange saffron robe and a heavy gold bead necklace performs a ritual at a gold-framed square basin filled with white milk-soaked offerings and chopped nuts. He presses a handful of the mixture into a red cloth bag held over the vessel. He wears white vertical tilak marks on his forehead with a red dot, and white paste is on his arms. Behind him, standing devotees in white dhotis, a woman in red, and brass pots surround the scene. Dark wet hair and a sunny outdoor courtyard setting are visible.2010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21A seated priest in saffron-orange robes with white vibhuti marks on his forehead and arms and a red kumkum dot pours a creamy, yellowish offering from a silver bowl over a deity murti draped in a red cloth. The murti is set on a gold-trimmed platform, consistent with an abhishekam. A standing person in white clothing is partly visible at the right edge.2010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21A seated man in saffron-orange robes performs abhishekam on a deity murti, pouring liquid from a brass kalasha-style vessel over a red-draped image rising from a gold-edged base strewn with grains and white powder. He wears white tilak markings on his forehead and arms and a red bindi. Behind him, a man in a red shawl and white dhoti stands with hands clasped, and at right a man in white kurta and dhoti with a yellow shawl stands with hands folded. A dark plaque with names hangs on the orange wall behind.2010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21A photograph of a shaved-headed man in saffron-orange robes seated cross-legged on a carved wooden chair with a leopard-print cushion, performing a ritual at a raised altar. He wears a gold necklace and a gold bangle and reaches toward a white bowl and small brass vessels on a stone ledge. Behind him stands a golden deity murti of an animal form, draped in colourful garlands and jewelled ornaments, beside brass oil lamps, a lit flame and a vase of yellow and orange flowers. A microphone stands at his left, and a red and white striped wall frames the scene. The image is dominated by warm orange and gold tones.2010-11-09July 21 20102010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21A seated man in saffron-orange robes with white vertical forehead markings and a red bindi pours milk-white granules from a brass bowl over a deity murti dressed in a red cloth, during an abhishekam. He wears a draped orange cloth over his shoulder and bare upper arms marked with white paste. Behind him, a standing man in white kurta and a bangle observes, and a dark wooden board with gold lettering and a hanging brass bell are visible. The murti is a small figure on a gold-edged altar with a wooden base. The man's face and identity are not established from appearance, so no candidate is named.2010-07-21A seated man in saffron-orange robes pours milk from a steel vessel over a reddish linga-shaped deity murti in a golden-rimmed stone basin, a scene of abhishekam. He has white tripundra markings on his forehead and arm. Behind him stand devotees in white kurtas with yellow shawls, one holding a small brass vessel. A dark red plaque with white lettering is on the wall behind. White milk flows over the murti, with yellow flowers in the basin.2010-07-21