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July 29 20132013-07-29July 29 20132013-07-29A young boy with a shaved head and white tilak marks on his forehead sits cross-legged on red stone steps, wearing an orange saffron robe with a red edge. He holds a brass funnel-shaped vessel high above a black stone Shivalingam, pouring water over it in abhishekam; yellow flower petals lie on the steps beside him and a metal bowl sits at the lower edge of the frame. Black carved stone pillars rise behind the steps.2013-07-29Two women in orange saffron robes with maroon borders sit on red stone steps performing abhishekam on black shivalinga stones. Each holds a golden cone-shaped vessel pouring liquid over the lingam, which is topped with white flower offerings. The older woman on the left wears glasses, has grey hair pulled back, and wears a rudraksha mala and a pendant. The younger woman on the right has a white tilak on her forehead, wears a rudraksha mala and pendant, and holds a golden vessel. Additional black lingams, a blue plate with offerings, and a hand at the bottom edge are visible. The scene is an outdoor temple-style ritual.2013-06-17A young shaven-headed priest in saffron-orange dhoti and cloth, with a dark rudraksha mala and white tilak on forehead and arms, pours or touches a yellow offering over a black stone shivalinga on a circular black pedestal. Behind him a second priest in maroon attire looks on. To the right, a large bronze deity murti in purple and gold silk drapery and gold feet stands within a stone shrine, and a brass kalasha sits on the floor. The setting is a temple interior with a corrugated roof and a red wall.2013-06-22A young shaved-headed boy sits cross-legged on red stone steps, wearing an orange robe with maroon border and white tilak on his forehead, and pours water from a brass vessel over a black stone shivalingam at the lower left. Yellow flowers lie on the steps and a small metal bowl sits nearby. No a person candidate is visible; the boy is a devotee or young sannyasi performing the ritual.2013-07-29July 29 20132013-07-29July 29 20132013-07-29October 10 20162016-10-10A young woman in an orange saree with maroon border sits behind a row of silver bowls and holds a silver oil lamp with a lit flame in her right hand. She wears a white forehead band with a red bindi, gold hoop earrings, a rudraksha mala, and a small pendant with a photo locket. Behind her is a carved wooden door, with a blue cable coiled at left. She appears to be speaking.2013-06-16July 31 20152015-07-31October 10 20162016-10-10 +1 copies