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A close photograph of an abhishekam in progress: a gold-coloured pouring vessel with a spout is held by a hand at the top of the frame, releasing a thin stream of water onto a dark black stone shivalingam. Blurred devotees in green, purple and orange saris sit behind, one with bangles and folded hands. No clear face of the officiant is visible.

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Close-up photograph of a dark black Shivalingam being bathed with water poured from a gold abhishekam vessel shaped with a spout ending in a small gold cow-head. A hand holding the gold vessel is visible at the upper right, with a thin stream of water falling onto the lingam's top, where a red mark is visible. The background is heavily blurred with warm brown and pale tones and the faint outline of other people, and a white-clad figure appears at the right edge.2017-02-24February 24 20172017-02-24Close-up photo of a rudrabhishekam at a Shiva lingam. A brass or gold pot with a cow-head spout pours a thin stream of water over the dark black stone lingam, which is decorated with small red and orange flower petals and a clear crystal-like piece on top. A person in white clothing and a patterned shawl is partly visible at the right edge, holding the vessel. The background shows a blurred dark stone yoni base.2017-01-02Close photo of a black stone Shivalinga being bathed with water poured from a gold vessel held by a woman in a blue sari with a green blouse. Water streams from the gold spout onto the lingam's top, where a small clear bead of water rests with a few offerings like kumkum and turmeric. Other black lingams and dark bags appear blurred in the background, with a red brick wall behind. This appears to be an abhishekam ritual. No a person visible.2016-12-23Close-up photo of an abhishekam being performed on a small crystal Shivalingam placed on a gold-coloured yoni-peetham atop a dark grey stone pillar base. A gold pourer with a serpent-head spout trickles water over the lingam, and drops fall from the peetham. Blurred background shows a person in a yellow garment and a purple patterned cloth, with golden vessels near the hands.2016-12-15December 12 20162016-12-12October 31 20162016-10-31 +1 copiesA close photograph of an abhishekam being performed on black stone lingams. A woman in a blue patterned sari pours water from a long gold vessel with a spout onto a dark lingam, where water droplets glisten. Beside her, a woman in an orange top pours from a small gold pot onto another black lingam. A blurred background shows another person in orange and white. Two people are visible.2016-12-06A close photograph of black stone Shivalinga abhishekam in progress. In the foreground a golden vessel with a spout pours water over a dark polished linga, a small white flower resting on its top. Several other black lingas with carved bands stand nearby, some with orange-red kumkum dots. Behind them, out of focus, a person in white clothing and black sleeves, and gold-bangled arms, perform the ritual. The people are partially visible and not clearly countable.2016-12-19A photograph of a woman in a purple shawl and maroon garment pouring water from a long gold vessel onto a black stone shivalingam. A droplet sits on the top of the black stone base, and a second black shivalingam stands blurred in the background against a red wall. The scene looks like an abhishekam ritual.2016-12-06Close-up photo of a rudrabhishekam ritual: a brass vessel with a cow-head spout pours a thin stream of water over a black stone Shiva lingam with a rounded top. Small pink and orange flower petals and a clear crystal sit on the lingam. A blurred background shows another dark stone pedestal and a partly visible person's white and gold-bordered cloth at the right edge. No face is visible, so no one is identified.2017-01-02December 12 20162016-12-12