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December 20 2006

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A photograph of a ritual setting at night. A silver kalasha with a yellow cloth and green mango leaves sits on a silver tray in front of a small silver handbell. Behind them, folded white cloths and a bundle of dry straw rest on a teal and white striped cloth, against a textured reddish-brown wall. A partial white cloth and garland-like marks appear at the top. No people are visible.2006-12-20December 20 20062006-12-20Photograph of a shrine at night showing a sacred stone lingam set in a golden yoni-style base, draped with white cloth and a red-and-white striped sash, with a metal crown-like ornament and a golden cobra-hood backdrop. Below it sits a folded white cloth on a teal striped mat, with a silver kalasha holding green leaves and a yellow flower, and a small brass oil lamp in the foreground. Ornate silver arch frames the shrine. No people are visible.2006-12-20December 20 20062006-12-20A dark stone deity murti. An orange and gold cloth is wrapped around the head. A small brass vessel stands on the right, with scattered petals and wet floor marks around the base. The scene is a temple abhishekam setting. No people are visible.2009-12-22December 20 20062006-12-20December 20 20062006-12-20September 08 20112011-09-08A shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl, with white sacred markings on forehead and arm and a rudraksha-style mala, sits cross-legged at night performing puja. He pours from a silver vessel onto a large black shivalinga draped in white cloth and garlanded with red and yellow flowers. Rows of smaller black lingams with white cloth and yellow flower garlands extend behind him. Silver puja vessels, a bell, a small lamp and a plate of white flowers lie on the platform, which has red-and-white striped edges. Oil lamps glow in the background.2011-04-17September 18 20062006-09-18Night photograph of a dark stone shivalinga-style object on a granite slab, draped with a white cloth and heaped with garlands of yellow marigolds, green leaves and red flowers, with an orange and green cloth on top. A brass oil lamp with swastika motifs stands at the left on wet stone, with a loose orange flower nearby. No people are visible; the scene shows a deity murti being decorated with flowers after abhishekam.2009-12-22Close-up photo of a ritual in progress. A dark-skinned hand with a rudraksha bracelet holds a bundle of green mango leaves and grass with pink flowers, dipping them into a silver kalasha pot draped with a white cloth and decorated with a colourful patterned band and gold-and-purple jewelled ornaments. Behind, a person in a maroon-red robe wears a long rudraksha mala across the chest, and to the left a bare arm shows white horizontal tripundra marks and a rudraksha bracelet. The background is a blurred gold ornate surface. The image appears to show abhishekam or puja with a kalasha and mango-leaf sprinkling.2018-03-12