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A shaven-headed priest with a white vertical tilak on his forehead and rudraksha malas around his neck and arms pours liquid from a brass kalasha onto a golden standing deity murti. He wears an orange-saffron dhoti with red borders and is bare-chested. The murti wears a crown and a flowing golden-yellow sari; he holds a small ritual lamp or implement in one hand. Liquid streams down over the figure onto a brass base, and a metal bucket sits in the foreground on a wet stone floor. Dark carved stone panels form the backdrop. This is an abhishekam being performed on a deity murti.

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November 24 20162016-11-24November 24 20162016-11-24November 24 20162016-11-24 +1 copiesNovember 26 20162016-11-26 +1 copiesA shaved-headed priest stands on a wet platform at an outdoor event, bare-chested and wearing an orange dhoti with maroon borders, with a rudraksha mala around his neck and white sacred markings on his arms. He pours yellow liquid from a brass kalasha over a golden bronze deity murti of a standing figure, which is adorned with a pink-and-purple flower garland and a gold dhoti. Yellow spray flies around the murti. A large carved stone lotus basin rises behind. Other orange-clad men are visible in the blurred background, and a stone pedestal supports the murti. The ritual appears to be abhishekam.2016-11-26 +1 copiesNovember 26 20162016-11-26 +1 copiesNovember 26 20162016-11-26 +1 copiesDecember 19 20102010-12-19 +1 copiesNovember 11 20162016-11-11 +1 copiesNovember 27 20162016-11-27 +1 copiesDecember 06 20162016-12-06November 11 20162016-11-11 +1 copies