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A long-haired man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, with a heavy gold bead necklace and beaded bracelets, covers his face with a white ash-smeared hand during an outdoor night ritual. Beside him a shirtless attendant in an orange cloth with a gold necklace and a white sacred mark on his forehead looks on. In front, white-ash-coated metal deity murti, including a figure with a crown, are being tended. Smoke or mist hangs in the dark background, and a few blurred heads appear at the lower left.

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Night outdoor photograph of a long-haired figure in a saffron-orange wrap and heavy gold bead necklace, bare-armed with beaded bracelets, touching his forehead with a white-powdered hand while bowing near metal deity murti dusted with white powder. Behind him, a man with white tripundra marks and an orange wrap and gold necklace stands beside the figure. Smoke or powder haze drifts in the dim background, and the metal images are decorated with white ash.2011-12-20Night outdoor ritual photo. A long-haired person in saffron-orange drape with a gold bead necklace, rudraksha-style bracelets and a red bindi stands in the foreground, hands raised over ceremonial gold-coloured murti figures decorated with white paste. A shaved-headed attendant in orange with a white forehead marking stands behind, also near the murtis. Lamp lights and a blurred crowd appear at the edges. a person: the foreground figure has long swept hair, saffron clothing, a gold necklace and rudraksha-style adornments, and the page states a person attended this event.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20Night-time outdoor abhishekam scene. A man with long, dark, wavy hair wears an orange saffron cloth draped over one shoulder, a red bindi, a gold necklace with bead-like ornaments and gold bangles. He pours or anoints a large green-gold Shiva lingam or deity murti with a liquid, his hands on the murti. Behind him stands a shaved-headed attendant in orange cloth with a white tilak. A bright white light and blurred lamps appear in the background. Appearance-based candidate: Swamiji (probable), performing the abhishekam with long hair, saffron clothing, gold necklace and bangles.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20A photograph of a long-haired man in an orange saffron shawl and orange dhoti, wearing gold bangles, a gold-beaded mala necklace and a red tilak, pouring white substance from his hands over a white-painted deity murti of Shiva at night. A second man in an orange shawl with gold necklace stands behind, and blurred onlookers and warm lights appear in the background. a person appears as the central figure performing abhishekam on the murti, based on long swept hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha-style gold mala cues.2011-12-20A smiling man with long, swept-back dark hair and a small red tilak on his forehead stands in a saffron-orange robe with gold edging, wearing a heavy necklace of gold beads and bracelets. He holds a small oil lamp with a visible flame in one hand, lit at night in front of a white-and-gold deity murti decorated with yellow and magenta flower garlands. Smoke drifts in the dark background, and a shaved-headed man in orange clothes stands behind him. Appearance cues are consistent with the page's a person reference, so the central figure is a person. The scene shows an evening aarti with a deity murti.2011-12-20A night-time abhishekam at an outdoor temple setting. A long-haired man in an orange saffron shawl and ornate gold necklaces and bangles pours water from a silver vessel over a metal deity murti, with a second gold-crowned murti beside it; water sprays in the air. A shaved-headed attendant in white and orange stands at the lower right edge. a person candidate appears, but identification rests on appearance cues only.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20A person in an orange-saffron dhoti-style wrap with a gold bead necklace and gold bangles pours liquid from a silver vessel with a spout over two golden-brown sculpted deity murti figures, one with a raised arm, in a dim, smoky night setting. Long dark hair falls past the shoulders, and the person's eyes are lowered in concentration. The scene suggests abhishekam being performed on the murti. Only this one physical person is visible, with a small partial figure at the lower left edge.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20