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June 04 2013

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June 04 20132013-06-04June 04 20132013-06-04A row of young women in matching saffron-orange saris with red and yellow borders sit cross-legged along red-painted steps, holding small brass vessels and bells during a ritual. Each has a white tilak on the forehead and some wear rudraksha beads. Before them stand rows of black polished shivalingams with pale stone bases, many topped with small offerings, as part of a Rudrabhishekam-style worship at the temple. A boy in red clothes sits at the far right beside another lingam and a brass pot. The scene is outdoors in warm, soft light.2013-06-08Photograph of a ritual scene at red-stepped stone terraces with small stupa-like finials. Several women in saffron-orange robes sit in a row, holding long brass horns or trumpets; one woman in the foreground-left has long dark hair and wears rudraksha malas. A grey-haired woman in orange with a yellow border and rudraksha mala sits quietly with her eyes lowered, a brass horn resting on her lap. Before them are metal pots, a silver vessel, and rows of grey conical sacred stones or lingams on round stone bases. Activity suggests a puja or abhishekam; a child in orange is partially visible at left.2013-06-04Women in saffron-orange sarees with yellow borders and rudraksha malas sit in a row on red stone steps, performing a Rudrabhishekam-style ritual. Each holds a small brass oil lamp or bell-like vessel while seated before rows of black stone shivalinga with pink flower offerings on top. White tilak marks decorate some foreheads, and a pink marker and blurred figures appear in the background.2013-06-08June 04 20132013-06-04July 17 20172017-07-17 +1 copiesJanuary 02 20162016-01-02Two women in saffron-orange saris sit in front of tiered red stone steps lined with small stone lingam-style pillars. Each sits beside a black stone shivalingam marked with white and red tilak. The woman on the left wears a white forehead mark with red dot and holds a small brass bell; the woman on the right wears a rudraksha mala, a white forehead band and a red-trimmed orange sari. Brass kalasha pots and vessels rest on the steps.2013-06-08August 11 20142014-08-11April 17 20142014-04-17A row of women in orange-red saffron sarees with yellow borders and rudraksha malas sit along a temple terrace, performing abhishekam. Each holds a long golden funnel-shaped vessel pouring liquid over black stone lingams set on round peetha bases. Several women wear white tilak on their foreheads and gold bangles, and red-stepped temple walls with small stone pillars stand behind them.2013-06-04