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KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 3/4/20192019-03-04A photo of a Shiva lingam ritual at a temple shrine. A priest's bare hand, with a red and black thread bracelet on the wrist, pours white milk or abhishekam liquid over a black stone lingam with a golden yoni-peetha base. A copper-coloured Shri Yantra-style metal form sits in front, its tiers coated with white liquid. Pink flowers, scattered rice grains and green leaves lie on the dark stone floor, and a golden arch frames the shrine behind. Only a partial figure in white dhoti is visible at the left edge.2022-01-24November 28 2022 sripuram2022-11-28A hand pours milk from a gold kalasha pot over a black stone Shivalinga inside a gilded arched niche with carved floral and foliate ornament. Milk flows down the lingam onto a black ritual base, with white flowers and a few green leaves scattered around. In the foreground stands a small gold sri yantra-shaped meru on a dark stone plinth. The scene is an abhishekam offering to the Shivalinga, with no people visible beyond the pouring hand.2022-11-28Abhishekam at a Shiva lingam on a black yoni-peetham base before a gold-framed arch with an orange cloth backdrop. A hand wearing bangles and a red thread pours water from a brass vessel over the lingam, the stream falling over its white-coated surface. A small gold shrine ornament sits in the lower foreground near a wooden door with carved panels. No people's faces are visible.2021-12-27KAILASA SEATTLE, USA on 8/16/20212021-08-16A devotee in a white and gold-bordered sari pours milk from a brass vessel over a dark grey Shivalinga resting on a black abhishekam platform, with white milk pooling around its base. Behind the linga, a decorated deity murti is draped in pink, blue and red silk cloth with orange marigold garlands. A fruit offering of pineapple, bananas and mangoes sits on a red tray, and pink lotus flowers rest on a small tray at right. The scene shows Mahashivaratri abhishekam.2022-03-01A priest's hands, partly visible at the left edge with bare skin and a white dhoti, pour milk from a gold kalasha onto a dark black stone Shiva lingam set in a black yoni-peetha base. The lingam sits before a gold-coloured arched frame with carved makara-style motifs on a grey stone wall. Milk streams down the lingam and base, white flowers and a green leaf rest on the peetha, and a small white stepped sri-chakra style meru structure sits on a black stone plate in front. This depicts a rudrabhishekam abhishekam ritual.2022-11-28Photo of a Shiva abhishekam at a temple shrine. Two arms in red sleeves with gold bangles pour milk from a golden pot over a black Shiva lingam, which sits on a yoni-peetha base. Milk runs down the stone and drips into a golden tray holding a small crystal sri yantra. Behind the lingam is an orange backdrop framed by an ornate gold arch, and a carved wooden door with brass fittings stands at right. No faces are visible and no a person candidate is shown.2021-12-27February 15 20172017-02-15A close photo of a black stone Shiva linga being bathed with milk or water during an abhishekam, the white liquid running down its tiers. A lit brass oil lamp is held by a hand with a red-and-gold bangle near the base. A white decorated stand with pink flowers appears at the bottom edge. A gold-carved panel is visible in the upper right, and a red cloth backdrop behind. No clearly visible face or identifiable person is shown beyond the hand and wrist.2022-11-22Photo 11699136 +1 copies