Hindu Temple Rites: Bathing The Image of God (abhiseka)

Scenes of a special Hindu celebration, utsava, typical of a minor seasonal festival seen at many South Indian shrines. Suggests that temple-liturgies are analogous in meaning, intention, and execution to domestic rites at the home-shrine, only on a larger scale. Filmed within the Tengelai brāhmin community of Srīvaisnavas.