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February 21 20202020-02-21February 19 20152015-02-19 +1 copiesClose photograph of a ritual abhishekam at a shrine. A man with long matted dark hair wrapped in a rust-red turban and bare-chested, wearing rust-red cloth and many rudraksha-style beaded bracelets, pours or smears white powder over a tall white-coated Shivalinga. Behind him a deity murti in gold crown and jewelled gold-and-crimson garments is decorated with sparkling stones and gold ornaments. Another person with shaved head stands at the left edge. A lit oil lamp glows at the lower right, with flower garlands in the background.2017-02-24February 19 20152015-02-19 +1 copiesA temple priest in an orange dhoti with a striped black-and-yellow waistband and an orange sash stands bare-chested at a shrine, pouring white powder over a dark stone lingam set on a black pedestal. Behind him an ornate gold arch frames the sanctum, with a gold-skinned deity figure on the left adorned with white and red-yellow garlands and jewelled ornaments, and red and green draped cloth in the background. The scene shows an abhishekam ritual with a visible white powder offering.2021-06-20February 17 20152015-02-17 +1 copiesA photograph of a temple ritual in a stone-pillared shrine. A man in saffron-orange robes with a gold chain necklace and white vibhuti on his forehead and arms bends forward, pressing his hand onto a large white-coated lingam. The lingam is draped with white jasmine garlands, red roses and rudraksha malas, and a gold-framed doorway with a gold deity murti stands behind. Dressed in orange, a devotee-attendant or priest stands at the right edge. A white sculpted figure is partly visible at the lower left. The scene suggests abhishekam or padapuja with powdered offerings.2009-12-16June 20 20212021-06-20A man with long, dreadlock-like black hair wrapped in a rust-orange head cloth and an orange-saffron wrap stands at left, bare-chested with a rudraksha bead bracelet on his upper arm, sprinkling white powder onto a grey stone shivalinga. Behind him, ornate deity murtis in gold and jewelled crowns are dressed in red and gold silk with sparkling jewellery, and a lit oil lamp glows at right. The scene suggests a ritual abhishekam, with white powder covering the lingam.2017-02-24A photograph of a ritual abhishekam at night. A bare-chested man with long dark hair, a red-orange cloth draped over his shoulders and a red-orange head wrap, wearing rudraksha bracelets, pours white powder over a stone linga. Behind him a large deity murti in gold and bejewelled red-and-gold silk garments is decorated with jewelled ornaments and garlands. A brass plate of white powder sits at left, and an oil lamp glows at the lower right edge.2017-02-24February 19 20152015-02-19 +1 copiesJune 20 20212021-06-20