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Outdoor ritual before a large black stone form draped with heavy garlands of orange marigolds, white, yellow and purple flowers in vertical bands. A bald priest in an orange dhoti and bare chest with white sacred ash markings on his arms and forehead stands at center, holding a red flower and a small brass bowl while offering to the garlanded stone. A younger attendant in an orange-brown cloth stands at left holding a brass vessel. A small brass figure stands in front of the flower display. Seated audience members in colourful clothes fill the stone steps behind.

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December 18 20162016-12-18A shaved-headed man in an orange dhoti and bare chest stands at left, wearing a rudraksha mala and an armlet, holding a small bell and a spouted vessel while performing a ritual pour. Behind him a large black stone form is draped with garlands of orange marigolds, yellow blossoms, white flowers and purple blooms in vertical bands. A small golden statue stands on a brass base in front, also garlanded, and a brass pot sits at lower left. Tiered red steps with seated spectators are visible at right.2016-12-18A bare-chested priest in an orange dhoti with a rudraksha mala and armlet stands at left, pouring liquid from a small vessel with a spout. Behind him a deity murti in bronze stands on a plinth, draped with a garland, in front of a wall of marigold and white-and-purple flower garlands arranged in vertical stripes. A metal bucket sits in the lower left foreground. Seated spectators fill tiered steps at right. The priest is a ritual officiant; no identifiable cues for a specific person are visible on his appearance beyond the ritual attire.2016-12-18December 16 20162016-12-16Outdoor ritual photograph of a Hindu abhishekam at a stone-stepped ghat-style pool. A priest in an orange-and-red dhoti pours water from a golden kalasha over a dark stone murti draped with yellow marigold garlands. In the foreground a bald, bare-chested man in a white dhoti with gold border and a red-brown cloth kneels at metal bowls, a rudraksha-style braided cord hanging from his neck. Behind, a long pillar wrapped in purple, yellow, green and magenta flower garlands stands beside the steps.2016-12-03A 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.2016-12-18Two men in saffron-orange robes perform a ritual before a deity murti decorated with dense garlands of red, yellow, purple and white flowers. The taller man with long swept-back hair, a rudraksha-style bead necklace and a saffron wrap holds a ceremonial item near the central figure, while the bald man on the left in orange dhoti and shawl steadies a brass tray. Behind them a gold-clad deity figure with raised hand stands among flower garlands, and a small seated figure in orange with a white mask-like face and garland sits at the lower base. Brass and silver ornaments decorate the altar.2011-12-11May 25 20132013-05-25 +1 copiesOutdoor 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 11 20162016-12-11 +1 copiesA photograph of an abhishekam being performed on a bronze deity murti standing before a backdrop of marigold and mixed flower garlands in orange, yellow, white and purple. A shirtless man in an orange dhoti with a rudraksha mala and white sacred ash marks on his arms and chest pours liquid from a golden kalasha vessel over the standing statue, which is draped with floral garlands. Liquid streams down the figure as it is bathed.2016-12-17A 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.2016-12-16