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Outdoor Rudra Abhishekam at a tiered red stone stepped platform with many participants seated on the steps. In the centre a man with a bare torso and an orange dhoti pours water over a large black stone Nandi bull statue, while a green hose runs water down onto it. Participants in white, pink and red clothing sit with brass kalashas, pots and lamps in front of them. Red flags on poles and a tree stand behind the stepped area.

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Outdoor Rudra Abhishekam on red-stepped tiered ghat steps. A bare-chested priest in an orange dhoti pours water over a large black stone Nandi bull statue while a hose and pump feed water from a pipe. Behind him, many seated participants, mostly women in pink, red, and white saris and men in white, hold brass vessels and oil lamps among rows of brass pots and kalasha-style vessels. Red flags and a green metal railing frame the scene under trees.2016-12-17December 17 20162016-12-17Outdoor photo of a large ritual gathering on red stone steps beside a water channel, with many small brass pots and kalashas placed on the steps. In the centre, a young man in an orange dhoti and bare chest, with a rudraksha mala around his neck, stands beside a large black stone Nandi bull statue, holding a small vessel and pouring or offering water. Behind him, numerous people sit on the steps in white, orange and red clothing, several with hands raised in prayer, and an older man with a shaved head sits at left. A young man in white dhoti with bare chest and a second young person in orange sit at right with sacred ash markings. Green hoses and a metal pump are at left, with a red flag nearby. Abhishekam to a Shiva lingam-style ritual is suggested by the Nandi and pots, though the setting is a riverside ghat-style gathering.2016-12-16A photograph of an outdoor temple ritual on red-painted stone steps. In the foreground a large black stone Nandi bull with a beaded necklace sits beside brass vessels and kalasha-style pots. A bare-chested young man in an orange dhoti and a white-bodied priest-style man in a dark patterned dhoti stand near the bull, one with sacred ash marks on his arms and chest and a rudraksha mala. Behind a metal railing, many devotees sit on the steps in pink, red and orange saris and white clothes, some with hands folded in prayer and others taking photographs. Brass lamps and offering vessels line the steps and smoke rises from a vessel at right.2016-12-17December 03 20162016-12-03December 17 20162016-12-17Outdoor abhishekam at a black stone Nandi bull statue on red-painted steps. A priest in an orange dhoti and bare chest pours water from a coconut-shaped vessel over the Nandi, which is garlanded with yellow and red flowers. Water runs from a green pipe. Around the steps, many devotees sit in white and orange clothing, some holding coconuts, and a woman in pink sits on the upper right. Red flags and a brass lamp stand at the right edge, with a tree behind the crowd and a chain-link fence.2016-12-03A photograph of a shaded outdoor ritual at a stepped red stone ghat-like terrace. In the foreground a large black stone Nandi bull statue with a garland sits on a raised plinth. A bare-chested man in an orange dhoti with a rudraksha-style necklace, white tripundra-like marks on his arm, stands beside it holding a lit oil lamp toward the statue, while a bare-chested man with long hair and white paint on his shoulder stands nearby in a yellow-brown cloth. Behind them, many seated devotees on the red steps hold lamps and offer prayers, and brass pots and oil lamps line the steps. A metal railing and red flags are behind the group. No one clearly identifiable as a person is visible.2016-12-17Outdoor photo of an abhishekam or puja at a temple-like terraced stairway with red steps and a large black stone Nandi bull statue in the foreground. Several shirtless participants, including a young man in an orange dhoti and a young man with a rudraksha mala and gold-yellow dhoti, pour and tend brass and copper vessels and kalashas on the steps. Women in pink and orange saris sit among the offerings, and a plume of smoke rises at right. Behind them, a white-railed netting frame and red banners fill the background, with more devotees seated on the stairs. No one with a visible a person-like appearance is clearly identifiable.2016-12-17Outdoor abhishekam at a large black stone Shiva lingam with a carved bull-face spout, garlanded with yellow and white flowers. A young priest in orange dhoti and bare chest, with white sacred ash on his forehead and rudraksha mala, pours water from a coconut shell over the lingam. Beside him a shirtless man in white dhoti and orange cloth watches. Red flags, red-stepped seating with black stone pillars, and many devotees in white and orange sit along the steps and under trees. Brass vessels and pumps are nearby.2016-12-03December 06 20162016-12-06A riverside ghat scene with tiered red stone steps and a metal railing. In the foreground a large black stone Nandi bull statue, draped with yellow and orange marigold garlands and red flowers, is worshipped. A young man in orange dhoti and rudraksha mala holds a brass bell and an oil lamp toward it, while another young man with bare chest and orange cloth folds his hands in prayer and holds a brass bowl. Behind them seated devotees, some in white, saffron and blue, watch and join in. A woman in white sits at far left with hands together. Red and orange banners fly overhead. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible.2016-12-05