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A night photograph of a rudrabhishekam at an outdoor site. A large dark black stone Nandi bull statue, wet and glistening, is garlanded with a yellow and orange flower garland. A man in a white dhoti and bare upper body, with white sacred thread and arm bands, pours liquid from a brass vessel held high over the statue. Behind the bull, red and orange flags, leafy shrubs and a metal fence are lit by a floodlight. A second man in white clothing stands at the left edge.

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December 11 20162016-12-11Night photograph of a rudrabhishekam at an outdoor site. A large black stone Nandi bull statue, wearing a yellow and red flower garland, is being bathed. A person in white stands behind the statue, raising a brass vessel from which liquid pours over the bull's head, spraying water droplets into the air. Red flags on poles stand in the background beside trees, and a bright floodlight glows at upper left. A few partially visible people stand at the lower left edge.2016-12-11 +1 copiesNight photograph of a rudrabhishekam at an outdoor site. A person in light clothing pours a liquid from a brass vessel over a dark black linga, which is draped with a yellow-and-red marigold garland. Liquid splashes in the air around the stone. Behind is a bright floodlight, dark trees, and red and white flags. A partly visible bare-chested man stands at the left edge with a sacred cord, and another person is partly visible at lower left. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2016-12-11 +1 copiesDecember 11 20162016-12-11 +1 copiesNight photograph of a large black stone Nandi bull statue being bathed in liquid during a ritual. A yellow marigold garland with red flowers hangs around its neck. A man with short dark hair leans in at the bull's head, partly visible, while another person's hands and arms pour from a vessel at the left edge. Bright floodlight glows at upper left, with red flags and trees against the dark sky. The bull is a statue, not a living animal.2016-12-11 +1 copiesDecember 11 20162016-12-11 +1 copiesNight photograph of a rudrabhishekam at an outdoor event. A priest with bare upper body and a wrapped cloth stands behind a large black Nandi bull statue and pours water from a golden vessel onto a tall dark shivalinga. A yellow and orange marigold garland hangs on the linga. Behind them, red flags, bright lamps and a few onlookers, some in white clothing, are visible. The priest is not clearly identifiable, so no a person identification is made.2016-12-11 +1 copiesNight-time photo of a Nandi bull statue, dark and glossy, being bathed with water poured from a brass pot held overhead by a bare-chested priest with red sacred threads on his wrists. A garland of yellow marigolds and red flowers hangs around the statue's neck. Water sprays in the air in the flash-lit frame. Behind are flowering shrubs, red-and-orange ritual flags and a street lamp. A second partly visible person bends at the lower left. This is an abhishekam offering to the bull.2016-12-11 +1 copiesDecember 11 20162016-12-11 +1 copiesNight photo of an abhishekam being performed on a large black stone Nandi statue draped with a garland of yellow and maroon flowers. A bare-chested man with a red sacred thread and tilak pours water from a golden vessel over the statue. Behind him, a shirtless devotee in white dhoti and red cloth stands near red festival flags, string lights and a metal railing, with a few onlookers in the background.2016-12-06Night-time abhishekam of a large dark stone Shiva lingam-form deity murti with a Nandi-like bull carving, being poured over with water. A bare-chested priest in an orange-saffron cloth and a brass kalasha pours water down the lingam, which is draped with a marigold and red flower garland. Water splashes into the air. Behind, seated devotees in white and saffron clothes watch from steps, with red flags and bright floodlights in the background.2016-12-11 +1 copiesAt night, a priest in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with a white tilak on his forehead and hair tied up, pours water from a golden kalasha over a large dark Shivalingam. The lingam is heavily decorated with garlands of yellow, orange, purple and white flowers and a yellow flower on top, and water runs down its surface during abhishekam. Behind him, a bare-chested man in a white dhoti and a devotee in white stand near the crowd, with red flags, a lit lamp and a fence in the background.2017-02-24