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A close photograph of a deity murti standing on a gilded golden base against a weathered stone wall carved with a scrolling floral motif. The figure is draped in a bright red cloth and covered with white paste and yellow flowers, with a red kumkum mark on its forehead. Its raised arms hold white offerings, and the carved head has a tall conical crown. No people are visible.

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A small brass deity murti of a goddess stands on a mound of white grated coconut and rice-like offering mixed with chopped nuts. The figure wears a red cloth draped over its body, has a red tilak on the forehead and yellow turmeric powder on its chest and face, and holds a sword in one raised hand with another hand raised, both encrusted with white offering material. A brass vessel is partly visible at the right edge against a carved wooden wall. The scene shows an abhishekam-style offering to the murti; no people are visible.2010-07-21Close view of two bronze-coloured deity murtis at a temple, both smeared with white milky abhishekam liquid. The figure on the right is a female deity wearing a crown, a maroon draped garment, gold armlets and a pendant necklace, holding a small ritual vessel in one hand. The figure on the left, partly cropped, has raised hand and ornate headdress. The background is a grey stone wall. No physical people are visible.2010-11-12Close-up photograph of a bronze deity murti being bathed in white milk-like abhishekam, the liquid coating its face, chest, arms and hands. The murti has an ornate crown and elaborate jewellery and holds a raised ritual implement in each hand. Behind it stand garlands of yellow and red flowers, draped red cloth and a brass kalasha pot at the left edge. No physical people are visible.2013-10-13A photograph of a ritual abhishekam on a gold-embossed stand. A small red-and-white deity murti, dressed in rice or powder and dotted with a red flower, sits on a heap of white grains. Two people in saffron-orange clothing are visible: a seated figure on the left with ornate gold-coloured adornments and a hand held over the murti, and a standing figure on the right in an orange dhoti-style garment with gold border who reaches toward the murti. Yellow flowers lie on the gold stand at right, and a grey wall forms the background.2010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21October 17 20102010-10-17September 21 20172017-09-21A photograph of a four-armed deity murti standing on a stone plinth in an outdoor temple courtyard. The figure has a tall conical crown, a sheer pale green-blue garment, and gold-toned arms holding a lotus-like staff and a conch-shaped object, with green-blue drip marks on the body as if from abhishekam. Beside it on the platform sit brass and silver puja vessels, a bowl, a small oil lamp and a folded orange-gold cloth. Behind are a carved stone pillar with a lion-like relief, red iron railings and green foliage. No physical people are visible.2011-10-06July 21 20102010-07-21October 06 20112011-10-06July 21 20102010-07-21A photograph of a white-painted deity murti being anointed during a ritual at a Dasara celebration. A person in a red garment with gold armbands and a gold-beaded garland reaches in from the left with a hand dipping into a silver tray, pouring or smearing white liquid over the statue's head. The murti holds a trident and a staff, and wears a pale garland of pink and white flowers. Behind it, a shaved-headed man in white with a tilak stands softly out of focus against a large orange backdrop with blue Kannada-style lettering.2010-10-17