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Close-up photograph of a ritual offering. A hand in the foreground holds a polished silver cup filled with white liquid. The tray holds glass bowls of white jasmine flowers, pink and white petals, green leaves, and sliced red fruit. A figure in an orange saffron garment and a gold-embroidered cloth sits behind the tray. The scene suggests an abhishekam or puja offering. No face is visible, so the person's identity cannot be established.

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October 28 20102010-10-28 +1 copiesClose photo of a padapuja-style ritual. Two hands in white sleeves pour milk from silver bowls onto feet resting on a golden tray, while a hand in an orange sleeve holds a silver vessel. Pink roses, white jasmine-like flowers and a red apple sit in silver offering trays around the feet. Gold bangles are visible on the wrists. Several people's hands and arms are visible, but no full face.2010-09-16Close photo of hands pouring milk from silver ladles into silver bowls during an abhishekam offering on a brass tray. A person in an orange garment at left and bangled wrists of others frame the scene. Pink roses, white flowers and small silver cups sit on the tray, with blurred silver vessels in the foreground.2010-11-07November 14 20102010-11-14 +1 copiesClose-up photograph of a ritual abhishekam. A hand pours milk from a silver bowl over a golden tray holding white jasmine flowers, pink petals and a red-and-yellow apple. Other hands, one wearing bangles, hold silver bowls and a silver ladle nearby. A figure in saffron-orange robes sits at the left edge beside a person in white, and a person with dark hair is at the right. Silver vessels with decorative engraving surround the offering.2010-10-28 +1 copiesNovember 14 20102010-11-14October 26 20102010-10-26November 07 20102010-11-07October 28 20102010-10-28Close photograph of an abhishekam-style offering on a silver tray. A hand in the upper centre pours white milk from a silver vessel over a silver bowl of white and red flowers, while bowls of yellow turmeric or saffron powder and white flowers sit nearby. In the foreground a bald man in a white garment and silver bangles watches the pour, and at right a person with dark hair is partly visible. An orange-robed person appears at the upper right edge.2010-08-10 +1 copiesClose photo of a padapuja-style foot ritual: silver bowls held by several hands pour milk or water over a pair of bare feet resting on a silver tray. Pink flowers and white jasmine-like blossoms lie to the left. A person in an orange garment sits at the upper right, and a dark-haired head is blurred in the foreground. Gold bangles are visible on one wrist. The feet are the focus, and no face of the person being honoured is visible.2010-10-26November 13 20102010-11-13