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Outdoor temple ritual at a large black stone Nandi bull statue, garlanded with multicoloured flower garlands in red, yellow, purple, white and green. Several bare-chested priests in white dhotis with rudraksha malas and gold necklaces attend the statue on red brick steps, one pouring water over the Nandi. A metal pot and brass vessels sit nearby, with a bright light source above. Behind a metal railing, a crowd of devotees watches, and tall trees and orange flags fill the background. The Nandi statue and priests are the focus of an abhishekam-style ceremony.

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December 16 20162016-12-16Outdoor ritual photograph at a stone ghat with red steps. A large dark stone Nandi bull statue, garlanded with yellow and red flower strands, sits in the foreground with a lit oil lamp near its head. A man in an orange dhoti and bare chest, wearing a rudraksha mala, holds a brass bell and a small lamp in a puja. A woman in a red and gold sari beside the Nandi holds a brass plate. Behind them, a shirtless man in an orange dhoti holds a brass bowl, and seated devotees in white and colourful clothes watch from the steps. A bare-chested man in a rudraksha mala is shown in a ritual, with no visible sign of a particular identity.2016-12-05Close photo of a polished black stone Nandi statue, its head and chest garlanded with yellow marigolds and red roses, set on a stone pedestal at night under bright lights. Behind it, a bare-chested young man in a white dhoti and a rudraksha mala looks down toward the statue, his forehead marked with white ash. A blurred camera operator and a red stage backdrop appear in the background.2016-12-11 +1 copiesDecember 07 20162016-12-07May 24 20172017-05-24December 19 20162016-12-19December 18 20162016-12-18Night procession photo at an ashram event. A large black stone-style Nandi bull statue carries a figure seated on its back, wearing a red-and-yellow marigold garland and a gold crown-like finial above the bull. The seated figure is bare-chested with dark hair and a dark waist-cloth, and is a statue-like ceremonial figure rather than a clearly identifiable individual. Behind, red flags and string lights line a metal railing, with a crowd of onlookers on steps and a few musicians in the lower left playing brass horns. Flower petals are scattered on the platform. Darshan-style procession with deity-vehicle and garlands.2016-12-06December 18 20162016-12-18December 02 20162016-12-02A photograph of a ghat-side ritual at a riverbank. In the centre, a young shaved-headed priest with a horizontal tilak and a rudraksha mala, bare-chested and wearing an orange dhoti, pours water from a brass vessel over a dark stone Nandi bull statue draped with orange and yellow marigold garlands. Behind him, seated on red stone steps, a bare-chested man in white dhoti and a woman in pink and white sit among other devotees and onlookers, some with brass pots. At left, a figure in an orange garment sits with back turned. Red flags stand in the background, and the scene reads as abhishekam to Nandi.2016-12-19A shaved-headed priest stands bare-chested beside a large black stone Nandi bull, wearing an orange dhoti with maroon border, a rudraksha mala and sandalwood markings on his forehead and arms. He holds a brass lamp with a lit flame in one hand and a small vessel in the other, offering aarti. The black Nandi is garlanded with orange, yellow and purple flower garlands and has a red floral crown. Behind him, a seated older woman in a purple top and a seated devotee sit on the steps near a brass pot, and red flags hang from a metal railing. The priest is not identifiable as a person from appearance cues here, so he is described only by role.2016-12-19