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December 02 20162016-12-02April 14 20182018-04-14April 14 20182018-04-14A man performs an abhishekam-style pouring ritual at night under stage lights. He is bare-chested with an orange turban, an orange and dark bead mala, and a yellow-and-red patterned cloth wrapped at his waist. He holds a silver kalasha-like vessel wrapped in white cloth and decorated with yellow marigold flowers and grass blades, and water streams from its spout. A watch is on his wrist. The background is blurred with bright lights and a stage structure.2016-12-05 +1 copiesA bare-chested man in white dhoti and yellow-green cloth wrap stands on a stage under bright lights, holding a silver kalasha pot wrapped in white cloth and topped with yellow flowers and grass blades, pouring a thin stream of water from it. He wears an orange headcloth, a rudraksha mala and a wristwatch. The setting appears to be an outdoor tent-like venue with scaffolding in the background. No visible identification of a specific individual is possible from appearance alone.2016-12-05December 05 20162016-12-05 +1 copiesPhotograph of a temple ritual with three priests in white dhotis and shawls. The priest on the left, wearing a gold ceremonial necklace, holds a silver tray with a burning oil lamp and a small bell. The central priest wears a rudraksha mala and a sandalwood-marked forehead, and the priest on the right holds a large ornate silver pot with a lid, with smoke rising from the lamp. A fourth man, partly visible at the lower right in white, kneels or bends over. The background is a red-orange wall with a dark board. This appears to be a puja or abhishekam scene.2011-11-01Close-up photo of a ritual offering in progress. In the foreground, a young boy in a white dhoti-style cloth with red-striped borders and a beaded necklace holds a silver-rimmed small cup or vessel with pink lotus petals resting on top. Another person's hands in a yellow cloth reach toward the offering. Behind, a clear glass bowl of white flowers or petals sits on the left. White sacred ash markings are visible on the boy's arm. The setting appears to be a temple or satsang ritual context.2010-11-08April 14 20182018-04-14Close-up photo of a ritual abhishekam being performed. A man with white horizontal tilaka lines on his forehead pours liquid from a polished brass pot over a Shiva lingam or ritual vessel draped with yellow marigold garlands and red flowers. In the right foreground a bare-chested priest wears a long rudraksha mala with gold-toned beads and a red-orange cloth over his shoulder, his hand holding the offering. The background is soft and blurred.2018-04-14April 14 20182018-04-14A bare-chested priest in a pink turban and white dhoti stands at center, holding a large white cloth-wrapped bundle decorated with yellow marigolds and a purple flower, while pouring or offering from a small silver vessel with a lingam-like silver figure inside. He wears a long rudraksha-style mala necklace. Blurred onlookers with hands folded stand in the background, and a brick pillar is visible at right. Warm orange lighting dominates the scene. The priest's face is not clearly identifiable enough to confirm who he is, so he is described by role.2016-09-09