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A photograph taken at night of a temple abhishekam. A bare-chested man with long swept-back dark hair and a white forehead mark, wearing an orange cloth, pours water from a silver vessel over a black stone lingam set before two decorated deity murti figures, one of which wears a red and white sari-like garment and yellow-and-red marigold garlands. Around the lingam is a yellow turmeric-stained base. Behind him, a man in an orange robe with a rudraksha-style necklace stands at left, a man in a cream dhoti with a gold chain and red-striped cloth stands next to him holding a red cloth, and another orange-robed figure is partly visible at the far left edge. Marigold petals lie on the floor.

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Night photo of a temple abhishekam at a shrine with a pillared stone canopy. A bare-chested man with long swept-back dark hair and a white tilak pours liquid from a vessel over a metal deity murti, shown as a seated pair of figures with crowns, yellow and red garlands and ornaments. He wears an orange and red-bordered cloth. To the left, a figure in orange robes bends forward, and a man in orange stands behind. Yellow turmeric or flower powder covers the base and altar. Visible text reads '' and ''2007-02-16Night temple abhishekam at a shrine with grey stone pillars. A bare-chested man with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron dhoti, pours liquid from a golden vessel over a large dark shivalingam set in a golden-rimmed yoni-pitha base. Behind it stands a pair of deity murtis, a male figure in white dhoti with a tall crown and a female figure in a red-and-gold sari with green-and-gold ornaments, both garlanded with marigolds and rudraksha-style beads. A standing figure in saffron robes at left and another in saffron at right attend. Oil lamps and a brass kalasha sit in the foreground.2007-02-16February 16 20072007-02-16February 16 20072007-02-16Night abhishekam at a temple shrine: a large metal murti of Shiva and Parvati seated together on a dark stone peetha, garlanded with yellow and orange marigold strings, with a white ritual cloth draped over the lingam base. Priests in saffron/orange dhotis, one with bare back and long hair, pour liquid from a silver vessel and hold metal pots and offerings. A worshipper in orange crouches at lower right. A brass oil lamp stands at the right edge beside white stone pillars.2007-02-16February 16 20072007-02-16A night-time photo of a temple shrine with a dark Shivalinga on a black pedestal, in front of a seated deity murti of a couple, adorned with garlands of yellow and white flowers, a silver crown and a red cloth. A bare-chested man in an orange dhoti and orange shawl pours liquid from a white vessel over the linga, while a man in orange-and-white dhoti holds a silver plate of offerings and a shaven-headed man in saffron robes with a gold chain stands at the left edge. Grey stone pillars and a carved ceiling frame the scene. Abhishekam is being performed during the Shivaratri observance. a person is not clearly visible.2007-02-16February 16 20072007-02-16February 16 20072007-02-16Night-time abhishekam at a temple shrine: a man with long dark hair and bare chest, wearing an orange-saffron cloth, pours liquid from a silver vessel over a Shiva lingam set before a pair of large stone-and-gold deity murtis draped in garlands. Two attendants stand nearby: one in orange robes holding a brass dish, another in pink-white dhoti holding a yellow-white flower garland. A brass lamp stands at right on a wet granite floor, with the deity murtis wearing crowns and red-and-white garments.2007-02-16Night-time abhishekam at an outdoor shrine with a large white stone pavilion. A bare-chested man in orange cloth pours offerings over a black lingam on a silver-clad pedestal before a pair of large deity murtis adorned with garlands, a crown and a red-and-gold sari. To the left, two standing attendants in orange and saffron cloth; one holds a silver vessel. A brass oil lamp stands at right and a small brass kalasha sits at the front. Whether the man pouring is a person cannot be determined from appearance alone, so the role is given as priest performing the abhishekam.2007-02-16February 16 20072007-02-16