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A woman in an orange sari with a white border stands at the right of a golden shrine, pouring a yellow liquid from a metal vessel over a dark black stone deity murti seated on a pedestal. Gold-painted lion-like guardian figures flank the shrine on both sides, and a small grey stone bust sits in the lower left foreground. The woman's hair is tied in a bun and she wears a bead necklace and bangles.

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January 24 20222022-01-24A woman in an orange-red saree with a long dark braid pours a yellowish liquid from a silver vessel over a black stone deity murti seated in a niche. Golden lion figures flank the shrine, and a smaller black stone figure sits on the left, adorned with a bead necklace. The gilded walls frame an abhishekam being performed at a temple shrine.2022-01-09January 24 20222022-01-24A photograph of an abhishekam being performed on a dark stone deity murti seated on a lotus pedestal within a gold-painted shrine niche. A person in an orange-red garment with a white border pours a golden-yellow liquid from a round silver vessel over the murti, which is streaked with the liquid. A golden lion figure stands at the left and a dark standing devotee statue with a beaded necklace stands in the lower left foreground. The person's face is not visible and the scene shows no other people.2022-01-09January 24 20222022-01-24A woman in an orange sari with white borders pours water from a golden kalasha over a black stone murti of a seated figure in front of a black stone shivalinga-like form. She wears a bun, earrings and a beaded necklace. Golden lion statues flank the shrine structure, which is painted gold. The scene appears to be an abhishekam offering at a temple shrine.2022-01-24A woman in an orange sari with a white border stands at left, reaching toward a gold-lacquered shrine niche with an incense stick or lamp in her hand. Inside the arched black stone niche sits a carved black stone deity murti seated on a lotus base, with a smaller black stone sage or saint figure with a mala in the foreground. A golden lion or guardian figure stands beside the niche. The shrine walls are gilded.2022-01-24January 24 20222022-01-24A woman in an orange sari with a white border leans over a gold-lined shrine to pour water from a small brass pot onto a black stone statue of a seated figure. Behind her a black stone Shiva-lingam-like form rises beneath a gilded wall. Water runs down the statue's head and face in an abhishekam offering. The gold-coloured wall and carved gilded figure in the upper left frame the shrine. One person is present; the statue and figures are not counted as physical people.2022-01-24January 09 20222022-01-09January 24 20222022-01-24January 23 20222022-01-23