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A large black Shiva linga with silver bands is being bathed with milk or water poured from above. A priest in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl stands on a metal staircase platform, leaning forward with both arms extended, holding a gold kalasha vessel and pouring its contents over the top of the linga. A second man in white dhoti stands on the lower steps beside brass pots and vessels. Behind them are an unfinished concrete building with exposed rebar and scaffolding, a construction worker in the distance, and a grey overcast sky. The scene shows abhishekam being performed on an outdoor linga.

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October 22 20142014-10-22A large black Shiva linga with silver bands and a silver face stands in the foreground while water pours down its surface in a linga abhishekam. A priest in orange robes and a rudraksha mala leans from a metal staircase, pouring liquid from a golden vessel onto the linga. Beside him, a man in a white dhoti with a red border stands on the platform, with brass kalashas and pots placed on the lower steps. Behind them, an unfinished concrete building with exposed rebar and wooden scaffolding rises under an overcast sky, and a worker is visible on the scaffolding at right.2010-10-22 +1 copiesA photograph of a large black linga being bathed with water at an outdoor site with a grey cloudy sky and a partly built structure of concrete columns and exposed rebar behind it. A man in an orange saffron dhoti and shawl, with a beaded mala around his neck, stands on a metal scaffold platform and pours water from a silver vessel onto the top of the black linga. The linga sits on a silver yoni-peetha base with decorative engraved bands. Water streams down the black stone surface. A worker in white is visible at the lower right near the construction scaffolding. This appears to be a linga abhishekam.2010-10-22 +1 copiesOctober 22 20102010-10-22October 22 20142014-10-22 +1 copiesA photograph of a large dark black Shivalinga being bathed outdoors under a heavy grey overcast sky. A man in an orange saffron robe with a rudraksha mala stands on a metal staircase with railings, leaning over the top of the linga and pouring liquid from a golden vessel onto it. Orange and yellow stains streak the linga's surface. Below on the steps, two men in white dhotis, one bare-chested, hold brass vessels and assist with the abhishekam. A green tree is at the right edge. The scene is an abhishekam ritual.2010-10-22 +1 copiesOctober 22 20142014-10-22 +1 copiesOctober 22 20102010-10-22A photograph of an outdoor abhishekam on a large dark brown-gold lingam. A man in a saffron-orange robe with a beaded mala stands on a metal scaffold and pours liquid from a golden vessel over the top of the lingam, which glistens with wet streaks. Two men in white dhotis, one with a saffron cloth, work on the lower steps of the scaffold beside brass pots. Overcast grey sky and green trees in the background.2010-10-22 +1 copiesA large black polished linga with three horizontal silver-embossed bands stands in the foreground during an abhishekam. On a metal platform at left, a shaven-headed priest in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, wearing a rudraksha mala and holding a small vessel, stands beside another attendant in white dhoti who is pouring from brass kalashas. Water streams down the linga. Unfinished construction scaffolding and framework fill the background.2010-10-22 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of a large polished silver-grey linga being bathed with water during abhishekam. A man in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala and bare upper torso pours liquid from a golden vessel onto the top of the linga, his arms extended. Below, the linga rests on a silver-patterned yoni-peetha base. On the left, a second man in white dhoti and white upper cloth stands on a metal staircase, holding a golden pot and a small vessel. Behind them, a building under construction with scaffolding and bamboo poles, and a worker standing on a higher level under a grey sky.2010-10-22 +1 copiesOctober 22 20102010-10-22