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Close photo of a puja offering in progress: several hands reach over a golden cloth covered with silver bowls of fruit, flowers, yellow and brown offerings, and silver conch-shaped vessels. A man in the upper centre wears a red-orange shawl, a rudraksha mala and a large ornate gold pendant, with white sacred ash marks on his arms. Gold bangles are visible on the wrists, and a sheathed silver-handled ritual implement lies among the bowls.

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May 24 20172017-05-24April 22 20132013-04-22March 30 20132013-03-30November 05 20102010-11-05November 07 20102010-11-07Close overhead view of a puja offering in progress. Several hands, some wearing gold bangles and one with a white sacred-ash mark on the wrist, pour water from silver conch-shaped vessels decorated with red flowers over a brass tray. The tray is crowded with silver bowls of milk-white liquid, yellow and red flower petals, sliced green leaves, fruit, and a folded orange and gold cloth. Small brass oil lamps and a gold-coloured ritual setting fill the centre. Flower garlands in orange and yellow sit at the upper left. Only hands and arms are visible, so no full figures appear. This is a ritual abhishekam-style offering scene.2017-05-24May 24 20172017-05-24May 24 20172017-05-24July 28 20172017-07-28December 01 20112011-12-01Close photo of several pairs of hands pouring liquid over a silver ritual vessel at a puja table. Hands wear gold bangles and rings; one hand holds a pink rose-like flower and a small silver spouted pot. Above the bowls sit white flowers, green leaves and a small gold kalasha-style object on silver trays. Blurred figures in white clothing and a person in orange at left suggest a devotional abhishekam setting.2010-11-07Close photo of hands pouring milk from silver ladles into silver bowls during an abhishekam offering on a brass tray. A person in an orange garment at left and bangled wrists of others frame the scene. Pink roses, white flowers and small silver cups sit on the tray, with blurred silver vessels in the foreground.2010-11-07