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A photograph inside a decorated temple-style hall with a white canopy and hanging orange, red and multicolored tassels. In the foreground a large black Shivalingam with white tripundra markings and an Om symbol is draped with white cloth, gold and floral garlands. An elderly bearded sadhu in orange-red robes with long grey hair holds a silver kalasha pot above the lingam, pouring abhishekam. A second robed attendant in orange stands at left and another person in orange is partly visible. At the back, a shrine holds a deity murti with a green halo and gold ornaments, and a seated figure in a red-brown robe with a dark crown-like headpiece and a rudraksha-style bead necklace sits on a red-draped platform near a brass lamp. The scene is a Shiva abhishekam ritual.

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A photograph of a ritual abhishekam at a temple altar. A bearded man with long grey hair and a long white beard, wearing an orange-red robe, stands on the left holding a silver kalasha pot suspended above a large black Shiva lingam decorated with white tripundra markings and an om symbol. A white-clad devotee sits in front of the lingam with gold necklaces, and other people with orange clothing are partly visible at the edges. Behind the altar, a deity murti group with a golden crown and red garments is seated under a green and gold arch, next to a gilded figure and a multicoloured tassel hanging decoration. A small seated murti in red and gold sits on a red platform with brass lamps. Lights and a red-draped stage frame the scene.2016-05-04 +1 copiesMay 04 20162016-05-04May 04 20162016-05-04May 04 20162016-05-04May 04 20162016-05-04May 04 20162016-05-04May 04 20162016-05-04A photograph of a temple abhishekam at a large black Shivalinga set on a stone yoni-pitha base. A standing man in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with a high topknot and sandalwood-marked arms, pours water from a brass vessel over the linga. Behind him seated attendants in white and orange cloth sit on red floor coverings; one plays a small brass bell. Colourful striped tassels hang beside the altar, and an illuminated deity murti with a crown and decorated backdrop stands in the shrine. A printed sign on the right is not legible enough to read.2016-05-15A photograph inside a decorated tent temple with white fabric canopy, hanging multicolored tassel garlands and orange and maroon drapes. In the foreground, a bearded elder in an orange-red robe stands beside a black shivalinga, holding flowers in his hands. A man in an orange shawl kneels at the lingam, cupping pink flowers and offering them, while a turbaned sadhu in orange presses his palms together nearby. Other robed sadhus in orange stand behind, one holding a lit oil lamp, and devotees watch from the left. Gold ornamental fittings, a silver pot on the lingam, and marigold garlands fill the shrine area.2016-05-04 +1 copiesMay 04 20162016-05-04A temple-style ritual scene under a white tent decorated with maroon drapes and hanging tassels. In the centre, a bearded elderly man with long grey hair and beard, wearing an orange-red robe and rudraksha beads, holds a lit oil lamp (aarti) over a large black lingam decorated with a white tripundra marking and pink flower petals. Beside him, a younger man in an orange saffron robe with a gold-coloured garland reaches toward the lingam with a offering plate. A man in an orange turban and saffron clothes stands nearby, with other saffron-clad devotees and onlookers behind a gold railing. Ornate golden shrine elements and a gold sculpted cobra canopy frame the lingam, with a silver kalasha-like vessel hanging above it.2016-05-04May 04 20162016-05-04