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A photo taken through a carved wooden doorframe into a small shrine room with white tiled walls. A person in a flowing orange robe with a golden border stands with their back to the camera, pouring liquid from a cup over a deity murti of an elephant-headed deity covered in a white jasmine garland and purple flowers. Green leaves and scattered petals lie on the floor, and a brass kalasha-style pot sits in a wire holder nearby. The figure's long dark hair is visible, with a beaded necklace. The scene reads as a puja or abhishekam at a shrine.

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A photograph taken through a carved wooden doorway of a small shrine room with white tiled walls. A person in a flowing orange robe stands with back partly turned, pouring liquid from a cup over a dark deity murti draped with white jasmine garlands and purple flowers. A brass oil lamp with a wire cage sits on the floor beside scattered petals. The orange-painted walls frame the scene.2009-01-12A photograph taken through a carved wooden doorway of a small shrine with white-tiled walls. A person in a flowing orange-saffron robe stands bent forward at the threshold, pouring water with cupped hands over a dark stone shivalingam garlanded with white flower strands and purple blossoms. A brass kalasha or vessel sits at the lower right corner and petals lie on the floor. The person's long dark hair falls over the shoulder; the face is not visible, so no identification is made. Abhishekam at a Shiva shrine.2009-01-12A photograph taken through a carved wooden doorway of a small shrine. A person in a flowing orange sari-style garment and dark hair, seen from behind, leans forward and pours water from a vessel over a deity murti or lingam draped in a white jasmine garland with purple flowers. Pale tiled walls surround the shrine, and a brass vessel with a wire mesh sits in the foreground beside scattered petals and leaves.2009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12A photograph inside a small shrine room with white marble-tiled walls and a wooden door frame. A person in an orange saffron garment with a sleeveless top and a long dark braid with flowers pours liquid from a vessel over a dark stone lingam wrapped in white jasmine-style garlands. A coconut-like offering and a bowl sit at the base. This appears to be an abhishekam being performed on a Shivalingam. The figure's back is turned and the face is not visible, so no identity is asserted.2009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12A person in an orange saffron garment with a golden border and a pink flower garland around the neck stands bent forward in a doorway framed by carved wooden panels, holding a brass oil lamp with lit flames toward a shrine. Inside, a black lingam-like stone form in a tiled chamber is draped with white jasmine garlands and purple flowers, with petals scattered on the floor and brass lamps in the foreground. The scene shows a puja with an oil lamp offered at a shrine.2009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12A photograph inside a white stone temple shrine. A figure with long dark hair, wearing an orange robe with maroon borders and an orange dhoti, stands with their back to the camera and reaches toward a Shiva lingam decorated with green leaves and a red garland. The lingam sits within a gold arched niche under a hanging copper kalasha. Offerings of fruit, a banana bunch, flowers and a bowl of rice sit on the floor, with an oil lamp and brass vessels on a small platform nearby. Carved white walls frame the scene.