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A woman in an orange-red robe sits on red stone steps beside black stone Shivalingams, pouring water over them from a brass vessel. A hand in the foreground holds a second brass pouring horn, with water streaming from its spout onto the lingam. Brass bowls with offerings and small incense sticks sit on the steps, and a bracelet is visible on the foreground wrist. The scene reflects abhishekam, a ritual bathing of Shiva lingams.

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A woman in an orange top and white skirt pours water from a golden cone-shaped vessel over a row of black stone Shivalingams on a red-brick platform. Her wrists and arm wear wooden rudraksha-style bracelets and a dark beaded mala hangs at her side. A second woman in orange is partly visible behind her. The scene reads as a Shiva abhishekam with water offerings.2016-11-11June 06 20132013-06-06June 04 20132013-06-04A photograph of women in matching rust-red and orange saris with gold-yellow borders seated in rows on red-tiered steps at a temple. Each woman holds a long golden conical vessel, pouring or offering over black Shiva lingams arranged along the steps, some topped with red flowers. Several women wear white tilak marks on their foreheads and rudraksha bead bracelets; the foreground woman wears a beaded rudraksha mala. Small stone shivalingas line the background steps, and a seated figure in red appears at the far upper right. Evening light falls on the scene.2013-06-06A photo of a line of women in saffron-orange saris with yellow borders, seated before rows of black Shiva lingams. Each woman holds a long golden horn-shaped vessel and pours liquid from it onto the lingam in front of her, with a thin stream visible. Several have rudraksha and bead malas, and the woman in front has a white vibhuti band with a red kumkum dot on her forehead. The background shows red steps lined with more black lingams.2013-06-10July 01 20132013-07-01December 12 20162016-12-12 +1 copiesNovember 11 20162016-11-11Close-up photo of a ritual abhishekam at a row of black stone shivalingams. A hand in the foreground holds a tall golden conical vessel, pouring a thin stream of liquid onto a lingam. Behind it, a blurred woman in an orange top and white dhoti holds a second golden vessel, with rudraksha beads on her wrists. Smoke drifts in the soft-focus background.2016-11-11June 06 20132013-06-06A row of women in orange and red saffron-toned robes with yellow borders sit on steps before a line of black shivalinga-style stone pillars. Each woman holds a long golden conical horn, and the foreground woman, with hair in a bun, white forehead markings and a dark beaded mala and bracelet, raises hers toward a black linga. Red tiered steps and small stone shrines form the background.2013-06-04June 06 20132013-06-06