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A large dark polished lingam, a Shiva linga, stands outdoors under a clear blue sky, wrapped with a garland of alternating red, yellow, white and green flowers. A bare-chested priest with white sacred markings on his forehead and arms, long matted hair and a rudraksha mala leans over the top of the lingam from a metal platform, holding a brass vessel. Beside him a younger assistant with white markings and a rudraksha necklace watches, and another priest in an orange cloth stands at the left railing with brass pots nearby. A white cloth is draped on the platform.

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November 11 20162016-11-11Outdoors under a clear blue sky, a shirtless man with long dark hair and white ash markings on his arms and forehead pours from a brass kalasha onto a large dark black stone lingam, which is draped with a garland of red, yellow and green flowers. He stands on a metal scaffold platform beside a second man in white dhoti with a rudraksha mala and tripundra, while a third man is partly visible at the left edge. Brass pots sit on the platform, and a brass pot and hand-rail frame the scene. Appears to depict abhishekam of a Shiva lingam.2016-11-27 +1 copiesOutdoor abhishekam on a large black Shiva lingam with a silver yoni-band and a garland of red, yellow, white and green flowers draped along its side. A bare-chested priest with long dreadlocks, white tilak markings on his forehead and body, and an orange-and-white cloth stands on a metal platform, pouring liquid from a brass pot over the lingam's top. Two other men with bare upper bodies, sacred threads and orange cloths stand beside him on the platform, one smiling, with brass vessels nearby. The sky is clear blue.2016-11-11 +1 copiesA large dark stone Shivalinga is being bathed in a ritual abhishekam. A bare-chested priest with long dark hair and a red-and-white beaded necklace leans over a metal platform, pouring liquid from a golden vessel over the lingam. A flower garland of red, yellow, green and white blossoms wraps around the lingam. Behind him, a younger man with white tilaka marks and a rudraksha-style necklace watches. Clear blue sky and a building roofline form the backdrop, and white silver bands are fixed around the lingam's base.2016-11-27 +1 copiesNovember 26 20162016-11-26 +1 copiesNovember 26 20162016-11-26 +1 copiesNovember 22 20162016-11-22November 24 20162016-11-24December 02 20162016-12-02November 26 20162016-11-26 +1 copiesNovember 26 20162016-11-26 +1 copiesNovember 11 20162016-11-11 +1 copies