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A large outdoor ritual at a temple-style courtyard in front of an unfinished concrete building. A huge dark black lingam with a carved face of Nandi-like form stands in a circular water basin, decorated with white flower garlands and red and orange flowers. A figure in a saffron-orange robe stands on a metal platform beside the lingam, pouring liquid from a vessel over it, while another person in orange stands nearby. Hundreds of people in white clothes fill the tiered red seating, and several men in white with yellow shawls stand along a garlanded railing on a ramp leading to the basin, with more people standing on the steps and upper terrace. This appears to be an abhishekam being performed on the lingam.

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A large black Shiva lingam with a silver face of Shiva rises from a circular flower-decorated base in water, garlanded with marigolds, red and pink flowers and white floral strings. Two people in saffron-orange robes stand on an elevated platform beside the lingam, one pouring liquid over it from a vessel. Many people in white clothes, several with yellow sashes, line a steel staircase and wooden walkway leading down into the water, carrying flowers and offerings. A crowd in white sits on red tiered stands behind them, with a multi-storey concrete building in the background. This appears to be a lingam abhishekam ritual at an outdoor ashram ground.2010-07-25Outdoor abhishekam at a large black Shivalinga set in a shallow water-filled pool, with a golden face-shaped mask on its base and garlands of white flowers and marigolds. A figure in an orange robe stands on a raised metal platform beside the linga, and another person in white pours liquid from a golden vessel over the top. 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Smoke rises at the upper left, and a multi-storey concrete building stands behind.2010-07-25A large outdoor abhishekam at an ashram on a red-tiered stage. A tall black Shiva lingam sits in a circular basin decorated with white garlands and orange and red flowers, with a golden nandi-style face at its base. On a raised metal platform beside it, a figure in saffron/orange robes pours liquid from a vessel over the lingam, while a second saffron-robed figure stands on the platform above. Several men in white dhotis and shirts stand on the staircase and platform, one holding a flower garland and another with a plate of offerings. Hundreds of people in white and other clothes sit on the tiered steps and stand along the upper terrace in front of an unfinished concrete building with a water tank.2010-07-25Outdoor abhishekam at a large black Shivalinga on a raised stone platform, decorated with white garlands, orange and red flowers, and a metal face-motif, with water flowing down its sides. 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