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A photograph of a ritual abhishekam at night. A figure in a rust-red and gold-bordered cloth, wearing a rudraksha mala and gold armlets, pours water from a white vessel over a deity murti. The figure has a red-and-orange rudraksha crown-band on the head and eyes lowered. Water sprays in a bright arc. To the right stand tall pillars wrapped in pink, yellow and orange flower garlands and a red-cloth-wrapped kalasha. A second attendant in red and white cloth is partly visible at left, and a shell or vessel is held near the base of the water stream.

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February 19 20152015-02-19February 19 20152015-02-19 +1 copiesFebruary 17 20152015-02-17 +1 copiesFebruary 17 20152015-02-17 +1 copiesA man with a rudraksha headband, rudraksha mala and gold necklaces pours liquid from a silver vessel over a dark black shivalinga during abhishekam. He wears a bare upper body with a rust-red dhoti and orange shawl. Behind him, a second person in an orange-gold garment assists, and a large deity murti is draped in dense garlands of red, yellow, purple and white flowers. A pink-robed figure stands at right beside a decorated gold pedestal. The liquid runs down the linga into a base tray.2015-02-17February 17 20152015-02-17 +1 copiesA photograph of an abhishekam being performed before a deity murti decorated with dense garlands of red, yellow, purple and white flowers. A woman in a rudraksha headband and rudraksha mala, wearing gold bangles and a dark red-and-gold garment, pours water from a vessel over the murti, which is dressed with a red cloth. A shaved-headed man in an orange-red garment and rudraksha beads holds a silver vessel beside her, and a second shaved-headed man in white stands at the left edge. Water streams down onto the stone base as the flower-draped deity glows in warm lamplight.2015-02-17 +1 copiesFebruary 19 20152015-02-19 +1 copiesA photograph of a Shivaratri abhishekam at a shivalinga. A bare-chested person in a red-orange wrap and a rudraksha mala with a rudraksha headband pours liquid from a silver vessel over a dark shivalinga. Beside them a shaved-headed priest in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha mala holds his hands near the linga. Behind them a tall pillar is garlanded with red, yellow and orange flowers, and a figure wrapped in an orange turban stands near the flowers. Wooden window frames and a dim interior appear in the background.2015-02-17 +1 copiesFebruary 17 20152015-02-17 +1 copiesFebruary 17 20152015-02-17 +1 copiesFebruary 19 20152015-02-19 +1 copies