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A shaved-headed? No: a priest with long dreadlocked hair and bare upper body wrapped in orange and gold-bordered cloth performs abhishekam at a dark stone shivalinga. He leans forward with his right hand resting on the lingam, which sits on a golden yoni-peetha base in a gilded temple shrine arch. Behind him hang red and purple drapes and a teal-and-green cloth. A rudraksha mala and white sacred thread are visible on his body. The top-left corner shows a small orange-turbaned portrait icon.

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ADIKAILASA on 3/10/20222022-03-10ADIKAILASA on 3/10/20222022-03-10ADIKAILASA on 3/10/20222022-03-10ADIKAILASA on 2/18/20222022-02-18ADIKAILASA on 3/11/20222022-03-11ADIKAILASA on 3/10/20222022-03-10A shirtless man with long dreadlocked hair and a wrapped orange-saffron cloth around his waist pours water from a golden kalasha over a white stone lingam in a shrine. He wears rudraksha beads and a gold bracelet, and his chest bears white ash markings. Behind him is an ornate gold arch with lion-face carving, red and green draped fabrics, and gold garlands. The caption reads Sayarakshala Abhishekam, 10 Mar 2022. Abhishekam ritual, with the priest acting as the main figure.2022-03-10Photograph of a Sayarakshala Abhishekam in a temple shrine. A bare-chested priest with long dreadlocks, wearing an orange cloth wrap and a sacred thread, stands at left with his back to the camera, holding a small offering plate. Before him is a dark stone shivalinga decorated with a yellow flower, set on a black base. Behind it stands an ornate gilded arched frame with a lion-face motif, and a deity murti draped in green and gold cloth with jewelled necklaces. A small inset portrait appears at top left; it is not clearly identifiable. Red and purple cloths hang in the background.2022-03-10A priest in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, bare-chested with white tripundra marks on his body, stands at a black stone lingam in a gold-framed shrine during Sayankala Abhishekam. His right hand rests on the lingam, which sits on a dark stone yoni-peetha. Behind it hang red curtains, a green and red draped cloth, and an ornate gold arch carved with lion-like motifs. Another person is partly visible at the lower left. The priest's dark hair is loose and matted, and a small red thread is tied on his wrist.2022-03-11ADIKAILASA on 3/11/20222022-03-11ADIKAILASA on 2/15/20222022-02-15ADIKAILASA on 2/18/20222022-02-18