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A man with long, voluminous curly dark hair and a white horizontal tilak on his forehead, wearing an orange saffron wrap and multiple gold ornate beaded necklaces, holds a large ornate silver kalasha vessel with both hands and pours water from it during an abhishekam. He looks downward in concentration. Behind him to the left, a younger man in a white garment with an orange sash and a red bindi stands in the dark background.

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A photograph of a person in a wet orange garment with a long gold-beaded necklace, long dark wet hair falling forward, pouring water from an ornate embossed silver kalasha vessel with both hands over an unseen object. A white-clad figure stands partly visible at the left edge. Dark background. a person cues: long swept hair, orange clothing and gold mala, but the face is not clearly legible.2010-02-12Close photograph of a long-haired man in saffron-orange sleeveless robes and a draped orange shawl, wearing a heavy gold bead necklace and a red bindi with white tilak on his forehead. He looks down and reaches toward a bright golden vessel at the right edge, appearing to perform a ritual offering. Another orange-clad figure is partly visible at the lower right, and the background is dark. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back curly hair, saffron robes and gold bead necklace, shown performing a ritual with a golden vessel.2010-02-12A long-haired figure in a flowing saffron-orange garment and a necklace of golden bead-like beads pours water from a large engraved silver vessel over their own head, as liquid splashes around them. A second person in white clothing stands behind on the left. Beside the figure on the right is a tall golden-brown linga-shaped stone or pillar. A dark background and a carved stone element at upper left complete the scene.2010-02-12A figure in an orange saffron garment with long, swept-back curly hair and a long strand of gold-tone beads around the neck raises one hand upward while holding a large embossed silver pot at the hip, apparently pouring or sprinkling liquid at a stone lingam. Liquid spray is visible in the air. A second person in white ordinary clothes stands behind, partly visible at left. Stone carvings line the top of the frame and a carved stone figure appears at lower left, in a temple-like setting with a dark background. Given the cues of long hair, saffron clothing and gold beads, the saffron-clothed figure is a probable Swamiji performing a linga abhishekam, a ritual bathing of the lingam.2010-02-12A photograph of a ritual abhishekam at night. A man with long, swept-back dark hair, a red bindi and white tilak, wearing an orange saffron garment and a gold bead necklace, pours milk from a silver vessel over a white marble deity murti. Splashing liquid runs down the white statue. A second man in orange robes with a beard stands behind him, and other orange-clad devotees are partly visible at the right and left edges. A dark stone basin or pedestal is in the foreground right.2010-02-12A man with long, swept-back hair and a red bindi, wearing an orange saffron robe and a long beaded necklace of rudraksha-style beads, pours green liquid from a silver pot over a dark linga-shaped abhishekam altar. Another orange-robed man with long curly hair and a beard stands at left, and a third orange-robed figure stands behind, partly visible at right. At right a deity murti draped in red and gold cloth and garlanded with flowers is visible, along with a brass oil lamp and a partial lamp stand. The scene is a night-time abhishekam. a person: the pouring man has long swept-back hair and a long beaded necklace over saffron clothing, and he is the one performing the abhishekam.2010-02-12A photograph of a man in orange ochre robes and a long strand of gold-beaded necklaces pouring a thick, greenish liquid from a silver vessel over a dark lingam-shaped stone, a Shiva linga abhishekam. He has long, dark, swept-back hair and a red bindi and wears a crown-free, bare-shouldered orange garment. To the left, a bearded man with long hair in orange robes stands watching. To the right, a brass oil lamp and a figure in a red-and-gold sari-draped garment stand beside a garland of yellow and purple flowers hung on a pillar. The background is dark, lit at night.2010-02-12A photograph of a long-haired man in saffron-orange clothing pouring yellow liquid from a silver vessel onto a tall yellow-coated linga. He wears a saffron shawl, a rudraksha mala with gold-toned beads, and a small red tilak on his forehead. Two other saffron-clad men stand behind him, one in a light beaded necklace. The background is dark with a gold ornament at the right edge.2010-02-12December 16 20092009-12-16A long-haired man in saffron-orange clothing pours liquid from a silver pot over a Shiva linga during abhishekam. He wears a saffron shawl over a sleeveless orange garment, a rudraksha mala with large beads, a red bindi and gold armband. Golden liquid splashes over the linga as orange-robed attendants stand behind him. Ornate gold lamp stands and a garland of yellow and purple flowers appear at the right edge against a dark temple interior.2010-02-12A photograph of a person in an orange sleeveless robe with a long orange shawl and a rudraksha-style bead necklace, long dark hair falling past the shoulders, pouring water from a silver pot over a dark stone linga during an abhishekam. Behind the linga, a deity murti is decorated with bright yellow and red flower garlands, gold ornaments and a red-and-gold silk cloth. A second silver vessel is held at the lower left edge. Shivaratri abhishekam setting.2010-02-12A night-time photo of a linga abhishekam at an outdoor temple shrine. A long-haired man in saffron-orange robes and a gold bead necklace stands centre, pouring liquid from a silver vessel over a dark stone shivalinga. A bearded man in orange robes stands at left, and another long-haired man in orange with a gold necklace and bangle stands behind the linga. A brass lamp stand and a garland of yellow and purple flowers appear at right. Three people are visible.2010-02-12