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A man with grey hair and beard, bare-chested and wearing a white dhoti with a gold border, leans forward pouring water from a brass pot over rows of black Shiva lingams set in red stone tiers. He wears a rudraksha mala around his neck and bracelets on his wrist, with white markings on his chest. Behind him stand a man in an orange dhoti and several people in white ritual clothes, with red flags on poles in the background. The scene shows lingam abhishekam, a water-pouring ritual at a temple courtyard. Water runs down the stone steps. Watermarked archive photo.

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July 07 20092009-07-07Photograph of a large group of men in white dhotis, mostly bare-chested with white ash markings on their bodies, seated in rows on red-painted temple steps performing abhishekam to rows of black stone shivalingams set in dark round basins decorated with pink flower petals. Several men hold long golden horn-shaped vessels pouring liquid over the lingams, and one holds a golden pot. A few men wear rudraksha malas and gold chains. Offering pots and brass vessels sit along the stone ledge in the foreground. No single individual is clearly identifiable as a person figure from appearance.2017-05-24December 18 20162016-12-18A photograph of many men seated on red-painted stone steps in rows, each beside a black stone shivalingam with brass vessels and small puja offerings. Most are bare-chested or wear white dhotis with yellow borders, many with rudraksha malas, sacred ash marks and sandalwood or ash on their bodies. A man in a white dhoti stands at left pouring or arranging items near the lingams, and devotees around the steps are seated in meditative or prayerful postures. Red flags fly in the background among trees. Several figures appear as a group ritual such as abhishekam or a shivalinga puja, with no visible figure presented as a distinctive central presence.2017-07-24July 08 20092009-07-08Outdoor ritual abhishekam on a tiered red-stepped platform with rows of black stone Shiva lingams on pedestals. Several shirtless men in white dhotis with gold-yellow borders pour water or milk from brass horn-shaped vessels onto the lingams. Some have white sacred markings on their arms and chests and rudraksha malas. A bearded man with long braided hair and a man with a grey beard in the foreground pour from gold pitchers. Behind them more devotees sit in rows, some wearing orange clothing. A pink flower sits on the lower right lingam.2017-07-24September 19 20162016-09-19May 22 20172017-05-22July 17 20172017-07-17 +1 copiesDecember 02 20162016-12-02December 03 20162016-12-03 +1 copiesSeptember 19 20162016-09-19