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A photograph of a ritual at a temple shrine. Two white-coated murti figures, one male and one female, seated on a gold lotus pedestal beneath a gold-framed arch with ornate carving. A man in an orange-red dhoti and wrap stands at left holding a lit oil lamp toward the figures, a red flower in the headdress. At right, a man in orange robes sits with palms pressed together in namaskar. Green foliage and hanging gold-coloured fruit or lamps are visible behind. Oil lamp and abhishekam-style offerings are present. a person cannot be confirmed from appearance.

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June 15 20092009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15Two devotees in orange-red robes pour water over a pair of white-ash or stone-grey deity murti seated under an ornate gilded arch. The left figure holds a clear vessel raised over the head of the left murti, which wears a tall crown and jewelled ornaments; the right devotee tips a brass vessel over the seated figure beside it, which has a crown, earrings and a necklace. Water streams down both statues in an abhishekam. Green foliage shows through the arch behind, and a bit of an orange-clad person is visible at the lower right edge.2009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15A photograph inside an ornate open-sided shrine with a gilded arched frame and hanging golden fruit-like ornaments at the top corners. Two white-painted seated deity murti sit on a pedestal in the centre, one holding a lit flame. A standing man in a flowing orange-red robe, bare-chested with his hair tied back, holds a lamp or flame toward the murti. To the right, a seated man in orange robes with folded hands sits on a low stool, and partly visible people in orange stand at the left edge. Green foliage shows through the open structure behind them.2009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15A man in an orange-red saffron cloth stands at left, pouring liquid from a small vessel onto a white-coated pair of seated deity murtis under an ornate gilded arch. The murtis, sculpted with conical crowns and bare shoulders, are covered in white paste, with a red flower tucked at the crown of the left figure. A lit oil lamp flame burns on a stand between them, surrounded by green foliage. The scene suggests abhishekam, an anointing ritual performed before the murtis. Only one physical person is visible in the foreground, plus a partial hand at the far right edge.2009-06-15A ritual abhishekam at an outdoor shrine with a golden arched frame. Two bronze deity murtis, a male figure and a female figure seated together, are being bathed with liquid. Four attendants in saffron-orange robes assist: one on the left holds a brass tray, one in a red-orange wrap pours or anoints from the front, and one on the right holds a white-cloth tray. A seated bearded man in orange robes sits at lower left, and a partially visible man in orange clothing sits at lower right. Green foliage fills the background, and a lit oil lamp sits in the foreground.2009-06-15Abhishekam at a golden-arched shrine: two standing priests in orange-red dhotis and shawls pour water from brass vessels over a seated pair of bronze-gold deity murtis, with water spraying from the sculpture. The seated figures wear crowns, garlands and ornaments. A kneeling figure in white and orange sits at lower left, and a garland of coconuts hangs at the upper right beside green foliage.2009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15