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A man with long dark hair, a red bindi and white tripundra marks, wearing a sleeveless saffron-orange garment and a multi-strand gold bead necklace, pours or bathes a tall green-grey Shivalinga with his hands during an abhishekam. To the left, a bearded man in orange robes holds a silver tray with flowers. Behind, another orange-clad attendant wears a rudraksha-style necklace. At right, a brass lamp stand and a garland of yellow and purple flowers frame a red-clad figure. The setting is a dark temple hall. Swamiji (probable): the central figure has long swept-back hair, ceremonial gold beads and saffron clothing, and is performing the abhishekam.

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A photograph of a long-haired man in saffron-orange robes and a gold bead necklace pouring liquid over a tall greenish stone shivalinga at night. He wears a red tilak on his forehead and a gold bead necklace, and smiles. Beside him a second man in orange with a long garland and an orange-clad attendant stand near the linga, and at left a bearded man in orange holds a silver tray. Behind the linga, a brass oil lamp and a garland of yellow and purple flowers are visible; at right a figure in a red and gold sari-like cloth is partly shown. The scene suggests linga abhishekam, with a black sky and stage lights above.2010-02-12Photograph of a night-time abhishekam at a Shiva linga. A man with long, swept-back dark hair and a red bindi, wearing a sleeveless saffron-orange robe and a gold bead necklace, stands at the centre pouring or offering with his right hand over a tall dark stone linga. 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