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Night photograph of a large dark blue-grey Shiva lingam set on a black yoni-peetha base, decorated with multicolored flower garlands in yellow, red, white and green draped around the shaft and base. Ringed by a multicolored garland arch at its top. Priests in saffron-orange robes stand on a metal staircase beside the lingam, one holding a conch-like vessel, while other priests in white dhotis stand and sit on the steps and temple platform below. Strings of lights and a tree glow in the background, with water surrounding the lingam platform. Appears to be an abhishekam being performed.

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October 12 20112011-10-12Night abhishekam at an outdoor Shiva lingam, a large dark grey lingam draped with a multicolour garland of marigolds and jasmine strings on its base. Several people in saffron-orange robes stand on a metal staircase and platform, one pouring liquid over the lingam's top from a vessel. Men in white dhotis and shawls sit on steps beside the lingam, with pots and vessels on the wet ground below. Strings of lights and a tree are in the background.2011-10-12October 12 20112011-10-12October 12 20112011-10-12Night abhishekam at a large black Shiva lingam decorated with multicolour flower garlands and a rainbow-striped arch of flowers. Several people stand on a metal staircase platform beside it: a bare-chested man in a white dhoti pours or tends at the lingam, and men in saffron/orange robes stand on the upper landing, one in saffron pouring from a vessel. Strings of lights glow on the building behind, and water flows over the lingam into a flower-wreathed base.2011-10-12October 12 20112011-10-12March 10 20132013-03-10Night photograph of a large black Shiva lingam set in water and ringed with a multicoloured band of garlands, with water jets spraying around it. Orange-robed sannyasis and white-clad priests stand on a white metal platform with railings and stairs, performing abhishekam with lamps and offerings. Lights are strung across a building in the background. One orange-robed figure at the top of the group may be a person, but the appearance cues are not distinctive enough to confirm and he is shown only as a figure among the group.2011-10-12Night photograph of a large black Shiva lingam with a golden-yellow and magenta flower garland draped around it and a yoni-style base, set in shallow water with lit oil lamps on tiered steps behind. Several saffron-robed priests stand on a white metal staircase and platform at left, one pouring or offering something onto the lingam from above. Water jets spill around the base. Tiered rows of small lamps and string lights decorate the courtyard and a multi-storey building in the background.2013-03-10A night-time photograph of a large black Shiva lingam set in a pool, covered in a white abhishekam sheet and draped with bands of marigold garlands in yellow, orange, red and white, with a ring of lamps around its base. Several people in saffron-orange and white clothing stand on a metal staircase beside the lingam, pouring or offering over it, while devotees in white sit on red stone steps around the water. Strings of lights outline the terraces, and illuminated towers stand at the right.2011-10-12Night photograph of a very large black stone Shivalinga on a raised platform surrounded by water, decorated with multicolored garland bands in yellow, red, purple and green. Robed men in orange and saffron clothing stand on a metal staircase and platform beside the linga, some holding ritual objects, while smaller groups of people in white and orange stand on the terraced steps at left. Colored fairy lights outline the rails and a lit green tree stands in the background, with rows of empty tiered seating at right.2013-03-10Night photograph of a large black Shiva lingam with an oval yoni-pitha base, decorated with garlands of marigold and red-and-yellow flower strands, standing on a raised platform in water at an outdoor ceremony. Several people in orange and saffron robes climb a metal staircase and gather around the top of the lingam, one pouring liquid over it, which suggests abhishekam. Other figures in orange and white sit on steps and in the audience area at left. Rows of lamps line the bank at right, with string lights along the railings and a lit tree behind.2013-03-10