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A photograph inside a temple shrine showing a young woman in a maroon and gold-bordered dress with white tilak on her forehead, bending to pour water over a dark stone Shivalinga set in a black yoni-peetha basin. Behind her a second young person in a maroon garment holds a brass vessel and pours water. Draped silk cloths in red, green, purple and gold hang behind, and a garlanded deity murti appears at the right. The scene suggests abhishekam, the ritual bathing of a Shivalinga.

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June 22 20132013-06-22A photograph of a temple shivalinga on a dark stone yoni-peetha base, with children performing abhishekam. In the foreground, a shaved-headed child in an orange robe reaches toward the lingam with one hand, while another child in a red robe holds a copper pot. Behind them, a boy in red with tilak and a girl in red stand near the lingam. Red and gold cloth hangs in the background, and a plain roof and wooden pillar are visible at left. No adult in the scene matches the a person appearance cues.2013-06-22June 24 20132013-06-24A young girl in a maroon dress with gold trim pours water through a tapering gold-coloured conical vessel over a dark black Shiva lingam set on a base. She wears a white vibhuti band with a red bindi, a pink flower in her hair, rudraksha and bead necklaces, hoop earrings and a bracelet, and her hand catches the falling water. A steel vessel sits beside the lingam and a red stone wall forms the backdrop.2013-06-24June 22 20132013-06-22June 26 20132013-06-26A photograph of a young boy in a maroon robe with yellow trim sits on red stone steps beside a black stone shivalingam. He holds a tall golden conical vessel in his raised right hand and gazes sideways. He has white ash markings on his forehead and arms, a red bindi, and a beaded necklace with a pendant. A second child in matching maroon sits at the left edge, and a third maroon-clad figure is partly visible at the right. Red stains streak the steps and small pink flowers lie near the lingam.2013-07-08Three young girls in orange and pink robes perform abhishekam on black stone Shiva lingams on a tiered stone platform. The girl on the left holds a steel vessel and a brass pouring funnel over a lingam, while the middle and right girls pour from brass funnels onto their lingams. White vertical stripes mark the nearest lingam, and tilak marks show on their foreheads. Several other lingams and yoni peethams sit on the steps behind them.2014-02-03October 19 20082008-10-19June 26 20132013-06-26A young shaved-headed priest in an orange-saffron dhoti with a dark maroon band and a rudraksha mala pours water from a brass vessel over a dark stone Shivalingam set on a black yoni pedestal inside a temple. Two girls in maroon dresses stand beside him, one with her hands clasped. To the right, a large seated deity murti in purple, red, green and gold drapes wears red and white flower garlands and gold-toned feet and a staff, while a brass lamp and small brass vessels sit at the lower left. This is an abhishekam of the Shivalingam.2013-06-22March 07 20162016-03-07