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A man with long dark hair tied back in a low ponytail stands at right, wearing a white kurta and an orange-saffron shawl draped over his shoulders. He lifts a round brass vessel with a wire mesh cage and pours a yellow-green liquid over a black stone Shiva lingam with a tall conical top. Several other black stone deity murtis, including a figure with a crown, stand beside it against a plain grey brick wall, with a white curtain at left. The scene reads as a ritual abhishekam being performed on the lingam.

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November 15 20072007-11-15A young man with hair tied back in a ponytail wears a white kurta and an orange-saffron shawl draped over one shoulder. He holds a gold-coloured vessel high above three black stone deity murtis, pouring liquid over them as in an abhishekam. The murtis have crowned heads and ornate carved bodies, and the wall behind is pale cinderblock beside a curtain.2007-11-15November 15 20072007-11-15November 15 20072007-11-15November 15 20072007-11-15A man in a white shirt and white dhoti with an orange shawl over his shoulders pours water from a large gold kalasha onto a black stone deity murti during an abhishekam. He stands on a silver folding stepladder, his left hand supporting the pot and his right arm extended. Two other black stone deity figures stand beside and behind him against a plain white block wall, one wearing a golden necklace, and water runs down the statues and onto the dark base.2007-11-15A photograph of an abhishekam ritual in progress. A young woman in white ritual clothes with an orange shawl draped over her shoulder pours liquid from a gold metal kalasha vessel over two large black stone deity murtis standing side by side against a grey cinder-block wall. The liquid cascades down over the figures in a white-blue stream. A red velvet curtain hangs at the right edge, a wall sconce lamp glows at left, and a small metal stepstool stands in the foreground.2007-11-15A photograph of a shaved-headless devotee in white dhoti and white shirt with an orange saffron shawl draped over the shoulders, standing on a metal stepladder and pouring water from a brass pot over a black stone deity murti. Two more black stone standing deity figures with tall crowns flank the central figure against a white brick wall. A hand in a gold bangle is visible at the lower left edge. The water is poured in an abhishekam-style ritual.2007-11-15November 15 20072007-11-15November 15 20072007-11-15A photograph of an abhishekam being performed on black stone deity murtis in a plain room with light-coloured brick walls. A person in white clothing with an orange cloth at the waist lifts a golden vessel with a latticed pattern above the tallest murti, and liquid pours down over its head and body onto the figures beside it. Two other black stone figures stand to the right, one with a tall conical crown and a golden necklace. A wall sconce glows at left and a metal trolley sits at the bottom edge.2007-11-15A photograph of a ritual abhishekam. In the foreground a person with long dark hair wearing a red sleeveless top and an orange wrap holds a gold kalasha vessel wrapped in white thread high above their head, pouring water over a group of black stone deity murti and lingams on a dark base. A coconut sits at left and a second person in orange stands partly visible behind the murtis. The pale wall and gold-patterned panel form the backdrop.2007-11-15