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Night photograph of a large grey stone lingam decorated with bands of yellow, orange, white and purple marigold and flower garlands. On a metal staircase and platform beside it, a figure in an orange robe lights or holds a lamp with a visible flame, while a bare-chested man in white dhoti and gold chain stands at the rail on the left and another person in orange robes stands behind. Brass vessels sit on the platform. Dark sky background.

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Night photograph of a large dark stone lingam draped with a thick garland of yellow, orange, purple and white flowers, set on a raised platform. Three priests stand on a silver metal staircase beside it: the one at left is bare-chested in white dhoti and holds a bell-like object, while the two at center and right wear saffron-orange cloth, rudraksha malas and white forehead markings. The central figure holds a lit oil lamp for aarti. Black night sky behind.2016-12-11 +1 copiesDecember 11 20162016-12-11Night photo of a ritual at a large dark stone lingam wrapped in garlands of yellow, orange, white and purple flowers. On a white metal staircase platform, a bare-chested man in white dhoti stands at left with hands joined near the lingam. Beside him a young man with a sandalwood or vibhuti mark on his forehead, bare-chested and wearing an orange cloth, holds up a lit oil lamp or aarti vessel toward the stone. A second figure in orange stands behind. Dark sky background, rudrabhishekam-style worship.2016-12-11 +1 copiesDecember 11 20162016-12-11 +1 copiesDecember 23 20162016-12-23December 11 20162016-12-11 +1 copiesNight photograph of a Rudrabhishekam ritual at a large dark lingam. A man in an orange-red turban, orange garments and a yellow-beaded necklace stands on a raised metal staircase platform, holding a flaming oil lamp (aarti) over the lingam, which is draped with white, yellow and red flower garlands. Smoke rises into the dark sky. A second person in orange robes with long dark hair stands behind him on the platform, and brass pots and vessels sit on the steps below. Appearance-based label: the lamp-holding man in the turban and orange garments may be a person, with qualifying cues of orange ornate clothing and a beaded necklace, shown performing aarti during the abhishekam.2016-12-08December 23 20162016-12-23Night photograph of a large dark stone lingam rising from the bottom of the frame, draped with a garland of white and red flowers. Atop the lingam stands a man with a red-and-gold turban, a gold-beaded rudraksha-style necklace and a leopard-print garment, his palms pressed together in namaskar. Beside him, a second man in white dhoti with bare upper body and a dark cloth over one shoulder stands near a metal staircase railing. The background is solid black sky.2016-12-08September 15 20142014-09-15Night-time abhishekam at a large Shiva lingam decorated with garlands in yellow, orange, magenta and white flowers. Two bare-chested priests stand on a metal scaffold stairway draped with orange and yellow marigold garlands; the right-hand priest, wearing white dhoti and white forehead markings, pours liquid from a golden vessel over the lingam's top while the left priest looks on. Dark sky behind, with string lights along the bottom right.2016-12-23September 15 20142014-09-15