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A photograph of a temple abhishekam at a stone shivalinga-style deity murti draped in red and yellow flower garlands. A bearded man with a tall dreadlocked headdress and a crescent ornament pours water from a silver vessel over the deity, which splashes into a steel basin. He wears a leopard-print lower garment, a rust-red top, and rudraksha malas and bead bracelets. Beside him, a younger attendant in an orange-saffron cloth and a shaved-head priest in orange also stand. A figure in an orange-red cloth is partly visible at the lower right. Behind them is a golden deity murti in red and white garlands with a red turban, and red curtains.

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February 13 20182018-02-13A photograph of an abhishekam at a shrine. A bare-chested man in a brown sleeveless top and leopard-print lower garment pours liquid from a golden vessel over a white stone shivalinga set in a silver-toned basin. Behind him stands a deity murti with a crown, draped in red, yellow and white flower garlands. On the left, a young man with a shaved-patterned hairstyle wears an orange cloth and rudraksha mala and bears ash markings on his chest. A partially visible person in orange cloth stands at right, and a red glow fills the foreground. Ash and sandal markings appear on the arms and chest of the central figure.2018-02-13A photograph of an abhishekam at a black stone shivalinga on a lotus-shaped yoni pedestal. A bare-chested man with long braided dark hair and a beard, wearing a leopard-print loincloth and a rust-coloured wrap, pours water from a white vessel over the lingam. Beside him, a shirtless young attendant in orange-red cloth with rudraksha beads stands at the left, and another ritual participant in orange garments and a red turban stands behind. Water streams down the lingam, and a deity murti draped in colourful cloth and garlands appears at the right.2018-02-13A photograph of an abhishekam at a temple shrine. A bare-chested man with long dreadlocked hair, a crescent ornament and a rudraksha mala stands at center wearing a leopard-print wrap, pouring liquid from a silver vessel over a sculpted deity murti. Behind him, a tall figure in an orange-red turban and red-brown garment stands beside the murti, which is draped in marigold garlands and red flowers. At left, another bare-chested person in orange cloth with rudraksha beads watches with hands clasped. A figure in orange cloth is seen at lower right. Water flows over a stone lingam on a dark pedestal. Colorful silk garments and a large garland hang at upper right.2018-02-13February 13 20182018-02-13A temple abhishekam scene in which a bearded man with a dark turban and bare torso, wearing a leopard-print cloth and maroon waist cloth, pours water from a silver vessel over a black stone Shivalinga on a round yoni-peetha base. Garlands of yellow and pink flowers hang on the deity, which is dressed in a colourful sari-like cloth. A trident stands at the left. Three to four attendants in saffron-orange dhotis and rudraksha malas stand behind, one with a shaved head and one with a white-marked forehead. Flower petals scatter on the wet floor and a yellow cloth lies at right.2018-02-13February 13 20182018-02-13A temple abhishekam in progress: a bare-chested man in a leopard-print dhoti and a dark red cloth draped at the waist, with a tall dark turban and rudraksha-style beads, pours water from a silver vessel over a decorated deity murti garlanded with marigolds and red flowers. Water sprays across a dark stone peetha basin, with flower petals scattered on the floor. Around him stand several sannyasis in saffron and orange cloths, some wearing rudraksha malas and white ash markings on their arms, one holding a mala. A trident hangs on the wall behind, and a bare-backed attendant in saffron sits at the lower right beside colourful draped silk and garlands.2018-02-13February 13 20182018-02-13A photograph of a temple ritual in progress. A smiling bearded man with long dreadlocked hair, a crescent ornament at his crown, rudraksha beads on his arms and neck, and a leopard-print lower garment over a rust-brown wrap, pours or applies liquid from a small vessel onto a white sculpted shivalinga on a stone base, with a silver-and-brass trident and garlanded deity murti behind him. Around him, several other men in orange and rust-coloured wraps, some bare-chested with white sacred ash markings on their arms and chests, stand by holding rudraksha malas and ritual items; one wears a red turban and another has a long braid. Swamiji (probable): the central man has long dreadlocks, a crown-like crescent ornament, rudraksha adornments and ritual leopard-print dress, matching the page's account of a Prana Pratishtha abhishekam.2018-02-13February 13 20182018-02-13A photograph of a temple abhishekam in progress. A bearded man with a tall dreadlock-style crown, bare-chested and wearing a leopard-print lower garment and rudraksha malas, pours or sprinkles water over a black stone shivalinga on a pedestal. Water sprays through the air. Behind him, several men in orange and saffron cloths with white body markings and rudraksha malas stand and watch. A deity murti with a red-and-gold turban, flower garlands and a trident stands beside the lingam. Colourful silk textiles and flower garlands hang at the right, and petals lie on the floor.2018-02-13