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Night-time outdoor ritual on a stone-paved riverside steps. Several men in white dhotis and bare-chested devotees sit in a row, each pouring liquid from a long golden spout onto black stone shivalingams set on red-painted platforms. Brass pots and small brass bowls sit beside the lingams, and a few oil lamps glow on the ground. In the background a woman in a red and gold sari and other devotees continue the abhishekam, under strings of lights and red flags. This is an abhishekam to shivalingams.

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December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23December 18 20162016-12-18Night-time ritual abhishekam on riverside steps. Several men in white dhotis sit on red stone steps, pouring liquid from brass vessels over black stone shivalinga lingams arranged in a row. Brass kalashas and bowls sit around the lingams, and red flowers lie at the lower left. Behind them, devotees in white and a woman in a red sari with gold border sit on tiered steps lined with red flags, facing the water. Floodlights and a large screen glow in the background. Photograph, plenty of people visible across the steps.2016-12-23Devotees perform abhishekam on rows of black stone Shivalingams set on yoni-peetha bases on red-stepped platforms. A man in the foreground at left, with grey-streaked hair and bare chest, pours liquid from a long brass vessel. Behind him, other devotees, some in white dhotis and one in a blue top, hold similar brass vessels. Red flowers and small brass lamps sit beside the lingams, with a tray of petals in the lower left foreground.2016-12-17Close view of a Rudrabhishekam ritual at night. Several black stone Shivalingas stand in a row, each being poured over through a long golden funnel-shaped vessel held by a worshipper. In the foreground a bare-chested man with white sacred ash (vibhuti) on his forehead and arms, wearing a white dhoti with gold border, holds one golden funnel above a black lingam. Behind him, other worshippers in white dhotis and white garments sit in line, also holding golden vessels. Warm lamp lights glow in the background.2016-11-14 +1 copiesNovember 14 20162016-11-14 +2 copiesNovember 14 20162016-11-14 +2 copiesDecember 15 20162016-12-15December 12 20162016-12-12December 18 20162016-12-18