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A priest in white dhoti with bare upper body and a red-and-white sacred thread stands at a ghat-style platform, ringing a handheld bell and holding a small ritual cup over a brass vessel. Beside him a golden-brass statue of a standing sage, adorned with a flower garland, faces the priest. Behind them a wall of marigolds in orange, yellow, purple and white is hung in vertical bands. Several seated devotees on red stone steps watch, and a large brass pot sits at right, with flower petals scattered on the wet floor. The scene suggests an abhishekam or puja, the sage statue being the honoured deity murti.

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December 16 20162016-12-16December 09 20162016-12-09A temple ritual scene with a tall pillar wrapped in layered garlands of marigolds in purple, white, yellow, orange and pink. In the foreground a bronze statue of a saint with hands folded is draped in a white and purple flower garland, standing on a dark pedestal beside brass vessels. Two men in ritual attire stand on a metal-railed platform: one bald, bare-chested man in a rust-red dhoti with a shawl over his shoulder, and beside him a bald man in a white dhoti with a golden border holding a small brass bowl. Stairs and railings frame the scene, with a seated crowd visible in the background.2016-12-18A photograph of an outdoor abhishekam-style ritual beside a tall wall of multicoloured marigold and flower garlands in orange, yellow, red, purple and green. A bronze statue of a standing boy-form deity wearing a pink flower garland and a small tilak stands on a metal platform in the left foreground. Two priests stand at the right: one bare-chested with a brown-orange cloth tied at the waist, holding a brass pouring vessel over the statue; the other bare-chested with a white dhoti and gold waist cord, holding a brass bowl. White metal scaffolding and stairs with a crowd of onlookers stand behind them.2016-12-02December 02 20162016-12-02December 16 20162016-12-16A priest with a shaved head and bare chest, wearing a white dhoti, pours water from a brass vessel over a bronze statue of a sage on a stone pedestal, performing abhishekam on a riverside ghat. The statue wears a garland of yellow flowers. Behind them a wall of marigold and white garlands in orange, yellow, purple and white is draped. To the right, a second man in an orange dhoti with a sacred thread stands with his hands folded. Brass pots sit on the stone platform. Spectators sit on terraced steps in the background.2016-12-16Outdoor photo at a riverside ghat with tiered red steps behind a large frame of marigold, orange, yellow, white and purple flower garlands hung in vertical strands. In the foreground a bronze standing statue of a sage with a flower garland around its neck is being anointed on the forehead. A bald monastic in a rust-red robe and rudraksha mala stands at the statue, holding a small bowl and touching its brow. Beside him a bare-chested man in white dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala watches. Several people sit on the steps in the background, and the scene reads as a Maheshwara Puja-style ritual offering. No visible name text on the statue or frame.2016-12-18December 09 20162016-12-09 +1 copiesDecember 18 20162016-12-18December 05 20162016-12-05December 12 20162016-12-12 +1 copies