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A photograph of a ritual abhishekam at night. A man with long, swept-back dark hair and a vertical tilak on his forehead wears an orange-saffron garment and multiple gold bead necklaces and bangles. He tilts a large embossed silver vessel, pouring water over a metallic deity murti with a tall crown, and a smaller figure beside it in a dark garment. Yellow and maroon garlands hang from the murti. A second man in orange clothing with white forehead markings stands blurred behind him.

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A night-time photograph of a ritual abhishekam to a metal deity murti, with a long-haired man in an orange-saffron garment and gold beaded necklace pouring liquid from a silver vessel over the murti. The murti wears a yellow and maroon flower garland. Behind them stands a shaved-headed attendant in an orange cloth with a white forehead mark and gold necklace. A bare-armed figure in a maroon cloth stands beside the murti. The man pouring holds a bead bracelet and a red tilak mark. Dark background.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20Night-time abhishekam at a temple. A person with long, dark, swept-back hair and a small red tilak on the forehead wears a saffron-orange draped garment, a heavy gold bead necklace, and beaded bracelets. Pouring water from a polished silver kalasha vessel over a gold-toned deity murti, which is garlanded with yellow and maroon flowers. Water streams down the statue; other figures stand partly visible at the right edge.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20A long-haired man in an orange saffron dhoti and shawl, wearing a rudraksha-style gold bead necklace and gold armlets, pours liquid from a silver kalasha over a golden deity murti during an abhishekam at night. A red tilak marks his forehead. Green-tinted liquid streams over the murti, and a second golden figure and a bald attendant in white stand partly behind him.2011-12-20Night-time abhishekam at a temple. A long-haired figure in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, wearing a heavy gold bead necklace and gold bangles, pours liquid from a silver-patterned vessel over a gilt metal deity murti standing with raised hand. Beside it, a second bronze or gilt figure in a dark maroon garment is also being bathed. A man with white tilak marks on his forehead stands behind in the background, and the dark setting is lit by a warm glow. The poured liquid streams visibly down the deity.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20A man with long, wavy dark hair and a small tilak on his forehead stands at night pouring water from a silver conch-shaped vessel over a brass deity murti. He wears a saffron-orange shawl over an orange garment and a heavy gold beaded necklace, with gold bangles on his wrist. The murti stands with a tall crown and holds objects in its hands, with a second smaller figure in a crown and dark maroon garment beside it, its surface smeared with white and yellow pigment. Another person in orange clothing is partly visible behind. Abhishekam is being performed on the deity.2011-12-20