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A ritual abhishekam at a stone shivalinga set on red-painted steps. A man with white horizontal tripundra markings on his forehead and a rudraksha mala pours water from a brass vessel over the black lingam, while a woman in white garments with a yellow border holds her cupped hands beneath the flow. Pink flowers and white petals rest on the lingam. A second black lingam stands behind, with brass pots and a blue enamel basin nearby.

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December 02 20162016-12-02Close view of black stone shivalinga sculptures on dark bases during abhishekam. Brass pots are tipped to pour water over the central linga, streaming down its sides. Pink flowers rest on the bases, and a few brass cups stand nearby. Behind, a few people in white clothes and a woman in a blue, red and gold patterned garment and gold bangles participate, with feet and hands partly visible. Incense smoke rises at the right edge. No a person is visible in the frame.2016-12-02Close-up photo of a ritual abhishekam at multiple black stone Shiva lingams topped with silver-tinged bowls and flower petals. A priest with bare upper body, seen only partly at left, holds a long gold-coloured vessel pouring a thin stream of liquid onto a lingam. Other gold pourers rest on neighbouring black lingams, and a red wall forms the blurred background. A ring is visible on a hand at top left.2016-12-14December 05 20162016-12-05Close photo of an abhishekam at a black stone Shivalinga. A hand in the foreground places a clear crystal-like object and pink flower petals on the dark polished linga, while other devotees in white ritual clothes sit behind with brass vessels and a red wall. A devotee at left holds pink flowers. The scene is a Rudra Abhishekam ritual at an ashram.2016-12-02Close photo of two black stone shivalingams with carved horizontal bands and chevron patterns, one topped with an orange-yellow flower offering. Golden spouted vessels pour water over the lingams, and water droplets fall from the spout. Behind them, the bare arms of a person in white, wearing red-beaded malas, reach toward the stones, and blurred figures in blue and dark clothing sit nearby. The setting appears to be a temple abhishekam being performed on the lingams.2016-12-05A close photograph of black stone Shivalinga abhishekam in progress. In the foreground a golden vessel with a spout pours water over a dark polished linga, a small white flower resting on its top. Several other black lingas with carved bands stand nearby, some with orange-red kumkum dots. Behind them, out of focus, a person in white clothing and black sleeves, and gold-bangled arms, perform the ritual. The people are partially visible and not clearly countable.2016-12-19December 02 20162016-12-02A photograph of a Rudra Abhishekam ritual with several black stone shivalingams arranged in a row, each with a flower on top and golden kalasha pots beside them. Participants in white clothing sit and pour water from small brass cups over the lingams, with bangles and henna visible on their hands. A green and pink embroidered cloth edge appears at the right. Only hands and partial bodies are visible, so the number of people is uncertain but more than one.2016-12-02Outdoor abhishekam at a black stone shivalingam set in a dark yoni-peetha base, topped with a yellow flower. Two people in white clothing kneel beside it: a person in white with head bowed at left, and a person in white with a red-and-gold garland, rudraksha and colourful beaded bracelets, hand raised over the lingam. Brass kalashas and bowls of water, a brass spouted vessel, and plates of flower petals and green leaves sit around the base. A second black lingam appears in the foreground. Two visible physical people, no identifiable a person candidate.2016-12-16December 02 20162016-12-02Close photo of a devotee pouring water from a brass vessel onto a black stone Shivling during a ritual. Water streams from the spout in droplets, with a small clear bead of water and red flower petals resting on the dark polished lingam. Several other black lingams stand in a row behind it, and blurred white-clad devotees sit alongside, one wearing a pink wristband. The sunlit setting suggests an outdoor abhishekam.2016-12-05