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Outdoor shrine beneath a large mango-type tree beside a rust-coloured shipping container. A woman in an orange sari with bare back and white ash marks on her skin stands at a yellow-and-purple cloth enclosure, adjusting or hanging the fabric. Before her is a dark stone Lingodbhava murti carved with a figure, and a black stone Nandi bull sits at the left foreground. Brass plates and bowls hold offerings including lemons, kumkum, and small lamps, and a yellow bag of rice is on the lower plate. A timestamp in the corner reads 15/09/2024 17:51.

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Outdoor ritual scene under a large tree beside a red shipping-container structure. A person in an orange-red cloth stands barefoot at a dark stone lingam with a carved figure, performing abhishekam with a vessel. A bronze seated Nandi bull stands on the left. Brass plates hold fruits, kumkum, flowers and vessels; a yellow-and-purple cloth screen encloses the shrine. A timestamp reads 15/09/2024 17:51.2024-09-15Outdoor photo of an abhishekam at a small open-air shrine beside a large tree. A young person with hair tied up in a bun, bare-chested and wearing a rudraksha mala, wraps orange cloth around the lower body and pours liquid from a brass vessel over a black stone Lingodbhava murti in a gold-tinted tall column form. A metal pot, a brass bowl, a stone bull figure at the lower left and a tray of fruit and offerings sit nearby. Orange and purple cloth draping and a rusted rebar fence enclose the area, with a shipping-container-style structure behind. Timestamp 15/09/2024 17:47 at lower right.2024-09-15A young person with hair tied in a bun and white ash markings on the arms and upper back pours liquid from a small metal vessel over a black stone lingam pillar in an outdoor courtyard. The person wears an orange-saffron cloth wrapped around the waist and drapes, with a rudraksha-style bead necklace, and stands barefoot on a metal plate. The black pillar carries a carved relief of a deity form, set on a stone pedestal beside a large tree trunk. Behind is a yellow and purple striped cloth fence, a red metal container structure, and a steel vessel of water on the left. The scene reads as an abhishekam ritual at a shrine.2024-09-15June 27 20142014-06-27October 27 20102010-10-27 +3 copiesKailasa Paramparagatha Surya Vamsa Panchanadikulam SarvajnapeethamA bare-backed priest in an orange cloth wrap raises a brass lamp toward a shrine framed by ornate gold carvings. Inside, a seated deity murti with a red and gold garment, garlands and a silver-white head covering sits on a white draped platform, with a brass oil lamp beside it. Painted green and red floral motifs decorate the yellow threshold, and white ash stripes mark the priest's raised arm.2024-06-07A young child monk in orange saffron wrap with a rudraksha mala and bare upper body holds a brass plate with a lit flame and offerings in front of a dark wooden bed-like platform draped with brown cloth. A small golden deity murti stands on the platform beside a small white bowl and a few brass items, with a red velvet curtain behind. A bright lamp flame is visible on the plate. The setting appears to be a morning ritual in a temple sanctum, with a timestamp in the lower corner.2024-06-19September 19 20132013-09-19Kailasa Paramparagatha Surya Vamsa Panchanadikulam SarvajnapeethamDusk photograph at a temple courtyard. A large oil lamp with a tall flame sits on a yellow-draped altar, garlanded with a white flower string and small flower heaps beside it. A woman in a red sari with a red-beaded mala and a tilak on her forehead holds a brass bowl and a metal tray with lit oil lamps. Behind her stands a carved sandstone gopuram tower with a lion-topped finial and a lit doorway.2022-12-06October 12 20102010-10-12 +1 copies