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A smiling man in saffron-orange robes with a gold bead necklace and a tilak on his forehead kneels on a striped rug, carefully painting a carved golden figure with a flat brush. A small tin of gold paint sits beside him, and a maroon velvet drape hangs behind. The gold-leaf statue has a lion-like face with an ornate headdress and mane. The man wears clear-framed glasses and a red bindi.2013-03-07March 07 20132013-03-07July 14 20132013-07-14 +1 copiesA man in a rust-orange and gold-bordered garment with a rudraksha mala stands in a temple-like room, reaching out to touch the crown of a golden metal deity murti with an upraised hand. Beside him, a standing bronze deity murti wearing garlands and holding a ritual object is visible, and a small golden-clad figure with a crown and garlands is seated at the lower right. Devotees in white dhotis and shirts stand behind, some with hands folded in prayer and one photographing. Brass ritual implements lie on a white cloth at the lower left, with a golden ornate arch in the background. a person appears to be the central figure performing the blessing; the man wears distinctive orange robes and a rudraksha mala, though his face and presentation are only partly visible.2014-08-06Photo of a ritual abhishekam at a temple shrine. Two men in saffron-orange robes kneel at a low platform. The man on the left, with glasses and an orange head wrap, holds a brass pot. The man in the centre, with a white forehead band, a rudraksha mala and a red-and-white tilak, pours from a brass pot over a tiered golden-copper shivalingam on a wooden base. Brass lamps, a bell, a plate of flowers and betel leaves sit on the cloth in front, and pink and white garlands hang at right.2009-10-17A photograph of a temple-style ritual at a deity shrine. A central man with a shaved head, wire-rimmed glasses, rudraksha mala and a reddish-brown dhoti and shawl performs an aarti with a lamp and a bell-like implement in front of a decorated deity murti. The murti is draped with white and yellow flower garlands and wears gold ornaments, set in a gilded arched shrine with a pink sequined base. Two attendants in orange-saffron turbans and robes sit nearby; the one at left has his hands folded in prayer. Brass vessels, green leaves and a small offering stand on the yellow platform in front. Behind them, ornate flower-covered thrones are visible.2015-04-30October 15 20152015-10-15October 11 20152015-10-11March 07 20132013-03-07A man in a rust-orange dhoti and shawl with gold border stands at a black stone lingam garlanded with white jasmine and red-yellow flowers. He wears a long rudraksha mala and a tilak, and holds a white conch shell raised toward the lingam, performing abhishekam. Behind him a golden-faced statue wearing a red turban and red-and-yellow garlands stands beside the altar, and bright floral garlands hang at right.2014-11-28March 07 20132013-03-07September 14 20152015-09-14 +1 copies