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Night photograph of an outdoor ritual at a tiered stone stairway with red-painted steps and a metal railing. A large dark black stone deity murti stands on a raised platform, garlanded with a bright orange-and-yellow flower garland. A bare-chested priest in an orange dhoti holds up a small vessel and pours or offers over the murti. Another priest in white dhoti with gold border kneels at right beside large brass vessels. Red flags hang along the railings and a row of seated devotees in white and colourful clothes fill the steps behind, some with photos or cameras. Strings of lights and a loudspeaker are visible overhead, and a bright floodlight glows at top right.

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December 06 20162016-12-06December 23 20162016-12-23December 11 20162016-12-11 +1 copiesNight-time abhishekam at a large black stone Nandi bull statue, garlanded with yellow and orange flowers. A shirtless priest in an orange dhoti pours water from a brass vessel over the Nandi. Behind him, seated devotees on red-tiered steps hold small brass vessels and lamps; one man in white dhoti with a long white beard holds a brass cup, and a woman in white sits at the lower left. Pipes and chain-link railings frame the scene, with red flags at left.2016-12-11 +1 copiesNight ritual at a stepped ghat with red flags and marigold garlands draped over a large black stone Nandi bull on the left. A bald priest in orange dhoti and bare chest stands on the steps, holding a bell and raising a lit lamp or offering toward the bull. Two seated people in white and red-and-gold clothing sit with folded hands on the lower steps, and a row of seated devotees in white dress and tiered stone steps with brass lamps fill the right side under floodlights.2016-12-23December 06 20162016-12-06December 09 20162016-12-09December 12 20162016-12-12Outdoor abhishekam scene at a red-tiered stone stairway lined with black kalasha-shaped pots. A standing priest in orange dhoti pours water from a brass vessel over a black stone Nandi bull statue garlanded with marigolds in the foreground, while a bare-chested man in white dhoti and a rudraksha mala pours from a pot beside him. Other devotees sit on the steps, a woman in pink and a man in yellow kneel with brass pots, and red ceremonial flags stand in the background.2016-12-03A photograph of a large black stone Nandi bull statue garlanded with marigold and red flowers, set on a tiered red stone platform beside a waterfall-style spout. Many participants sit on the red steps behind red flags and metal railings, most in white or light ritual clothes, some bare-chested, with brass kalashas, brass pots and vessels in front and a number of people holding brass horns or conch-like instruments. A man in a white dhoti and a saffron-coloured wrap stands near the bull, appearing to pour or offer something; a woman in a dark top sits near the statue with a brass lamp and offerings. Many small black shivalingam-style stones line the steps. The scene suggests an abhishekam ritual during a yoga event.2016-12-15Night scene at a temple stepped tank area during a lamp festival. A bare-chested man in an orange dhoti lights a row of small oil lamps held on a tray, while a woman in a white sari with a gold border stands on the steps nearby. Two more people in white dhotis crouch on the steps near brass pots and lamps. A large black Nandi bull statue draped with a yellow-and-green flower garland sits on a raised platform at right, and red flags are fixed along a metal railing. A photographer kneels at lower left. No one in the image is identifiable as a person.2016-12-12December 23 20162016-12-23