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Close-up photo of black polished stone lingams with gold-coloured caps. A gold tongs or tweezers-like implement holds a thin strand of fibre or thread above one lingam, while the blurred background shows a person in white and a red surface. The scene suggests a ritual decoration or anointing of the lingams, but no clear presence of a person is visible in focus.

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Close-up photo of a ritual abhishekam at multiple black stone Shiva lingams topped with silver-tinged bowls and flower petals. A priest with bare upper body, seen only partly at left, holds a long gold-coloured vessel pouring a thin stream of liquid onto a lingam. Other gold pourers rest on neighbouring black lingams, and a red wall forms the blurred background. A ring is visible on a hand at top left.2016-12-14A photograph of a row of black and grey stone Shivalingams on round yoni-pitha bases, with a golden spout pouring a thin stream of liquid over the nearest lingam. A hand in the foreground holds the gold abhishekam vessel, and a blurred figure in white clothing sits behind the lingams. Only partially visible hands and arms of people appear, and no face is shown.2013-06-04December 05 20162016-12-05June 08 20132013-06-08Close view of black cylindrical shivalinga stones being bathed. A brass abhishekam pipe with a curved spout, held by a hand at top right, pours a thin stream of water over the top of the central linga. Blurred figures in orange-red robes sit behind the lingas, and a small orange offering sits on a neighbouring linga at bottom. The scene suggests an abhishekam ritual.2013-06-04July 08 20132013-07-08Close view of abhishekam at a shivalinga. Two dark black stone lingams stand in the foreground, one with a fine rippled surface. A long gold-coloured vessel with a spout pours a thin stream of water over the nearer lingam, droplets spraying in the air. Blurred figures in orange robes and white garments sit behind, and a hand holding the vessel appears at right. Brass pots and gold-toned vessels sit on the ground nearby.2016-11-26 +1 copiesDecember 09 20162016-12-09Close-up of a rudra abhishekam in progress: two gold-coloured metal vessels with long spouts pour liquid over a row of dark black stone shivalingams. One lingam in the foreground has red and orange flower or kumkum offerings on its top, and a thin stream of liquid falls from the spout onto it. Only hands are visible holding the vessels, with the blurred row of lingams stretching into the background. No faces are shown.2016-12-09June 05 20132013-06-05June 24 20132013-06-24December 05 20162016-12-05