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A seated figure in an orange-red dhoti and matching shawl wears a tall black hair crown, rudraksha malas across the chest, a gold ceremonial necklace and a large gold pendant, smiling as a devotee in white clothing and two other devotees apply white powder to the figure's hands and body beside a deity murti. Behind, a bearded deity murti and a second figure are adorned with garlands in yellow, red, white and purple, with a gold arch above; the setting is a temple shrine area with a wooden doorway at right. Probable Swamiji cues include the tall black hair crown, rudraksha malas and gold necklace while receiving abhishekam.

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A photograph of a ritual scene at a temple shrine. A central seated figure with a tall black swept-up hair crown, white sacred ash on the forehead, a gold necklace with pendant, rudraksha mala beads and a red-orange cloth is smiling and wears a long garland of yellow, red and multicoloured flowers. Beside them, a bare-chested attendant in a white vibhuti-marked tilak and blue dhoti pours or applies water, and a devotee in white kneels in front. Behind, a large gold-framed arch of marigold garlands surrounds a seated deity murti holding a staff, with an additional garlanded figure in orange at right. Attendants and devotees are partly visible, and the setting is a stone temple sanctum with a rite of abhishekam in progress.2016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07A photograph of a ritual at a temple shrine. A figure seated cross-legged in front of a deity murti wears a tall black hair-style crown or swept-up hair, white sacred ash on the forehead and arms, a red and gold garment, a gold necklace, and a rudraksha mala. Thick garlands of yellow and red flowers hang around the seated figure and the murti. Behind them, a decorated shrine holds a standing deity with a trident and other murtis draped in striped and flower garlands. In the foreground, a man in a white shirt with white ash on his forehead and other devotees with white-smeared faces lean in. a person appears to be the seated figure, based on the tall black hair, rudraksha mala, gold necklace and garlands, consistent with the page's Mahashivaratri Pratyaksha Pada Puja context.2016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07A photograph inside a temple shrine during a ritual. In the centre, a man with a tall black turban, a white-smeared forehead and a long orange-red garment sits smiling, wearing a thick multi-strand rudraksha mala, a large gold pendant and a garland of yellow, orange and red flowers. Behind him stand large decorated murti figures of deities, garlanded with yellow, red and purple flower garlands; the central figure wears a golden crown and jewelled ornaments. To the left, a shaved-headed priest in orange-red cloth with a white forehead mark and beaded necklaces kneels beside a stone platform covered in white powder. Other devotees' heads are visible in the foreground. This appears to be a Pada Puja or abhishekam-style ritual; the seated central man has distinctive long-hair-style turban, rudraksha and gold cues, probable Swamiji, performing or receiving the ritual.2016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07