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Close-up photograph of a thin silver spout pouring a clear liquid stream onto a dark, rough-textured black stone lingam. Behind the stone, a blurred brown carved pillar and red fabric backdrop. No people are visible.

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September 19 20112011-09-19September 19 20112011-09-19Close-up photo of a rudrabhishekam or abhishekam: a golden spouted vessel with a small cow-head mouth pours a thin stream of water over a dark black stone lingam at lower left. Water droplets scatter in the air. Blurred background shows a crowd of devotees under warm lights. No identifiable person is clearly visible; only a hand holds the vessel at top right.2017-02-24September 19 20112011-09-19December 12 20162016-12-12September 19 20112011-09-19June 08 20132013-06-08December 12 20162016-12-12September 19 20112011-09-19Close-up photograph of a rough, dark black stone lingam with a wet, glistening surface, standing upright in the foreground. A thin string or thread runs diagonally from the top of the stone toward the upper left. The background is softly blurred in red, orange and cream tones. No people are visible.2011-09-19Close-up photograph of a ritual abhishekam being performed on a dark black linga-shaped stone. A hand with several rings and bangles holds a gold-coloured spouted vessel, pouring a thin stream of water over the top of the stone, where a small clear crystal and a yellow flower or offering rest. Blurred lights and out-of-focus figures fill the background.2016-12-09Close-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.2017-02-24