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A young shaved-headed boy sits cross-legged on red stone steps, wearing an orange robe with maroon border and white tilak on his forehead, and pours water from a brass vessel over a black stone shivalingam at the lower left. Yellow flowers lie on the steps and a small metal bowl sits nearby. No a person candidate is visible; the boy is a devotee or young sannyasi performing the ritual.

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July 29 20132013-07-29A young boy with a shaved head and white tilak marks on his forehead sits cross-legged on red stone steps, wearing an orange saffron robe with a red edge. He holds a brass funnel-shaped vessel high above a black stone Shivalingam, pouring water over it in abhishekam; yellow flower petals lie on the steps beside him and a metal bowl sits at the lower edge of the frame. Black carved stone pillars rise behind the steps.2013-07-29July 29 20132013-07-29A young shaved-headed boy in saffron-orange robes sits on red brick steps pouring water from a brass cone over a dark black Shiva lingam set on a black yoni-pitha base. He wears a white ash line on his forehead and a red bindi, with a long rudraksha mala around his neck. Small silver vessels and a brass bowl with marigold petals sit nearby, indicating a Shiva abhishekam.2013-11-18July 29 20132013-07-292013-July-152013-07-15August 19 20132013-08-19June 22 20132013-06-22 +1 copiesA photograph of a young boy in a maroon robe with yellow trim sits on red stone steps beside a black stone shivalingam. He holds a tall golden conical vessel in his raised right hand and gazes sideways. He has white ash markings on his forehead and arms, a red bindi, and a beaded necklace with a pendant. A second child in matching maroon sits at the left edge, and a third maroon-clad figure is partly visible at the right. Red stains streak the steps and small pink flowers lie near the lingam.2013-07-08February 03 20142014-02-03A young shaven-headed boy in an orange saffron robe sits on red stone steps beside a black cylindrical lingam on a shallow basin. He wears a long rudraksha mala and a red tilak on his forehead, and holds a brass abhishekam pouring vessel, letting water flow over the lingam. Several other black stone lingams and basins line the red steps behind him, and a partly visible figure in orange sits at the right edge. The setting suggests a temple abhishekam ritual.2013-11-18June 24 20132013-06-24