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A photograph of a large black stone Nandi bull statue being bathed with water during an evening abhishekam at a temple. Two young men are pouring water over it: one on the left holds a brass pot at the Nandi's shoulder, and a shirtless man on the right in white dhoti raises an arm and holds a small brass vessel. The Nandi is garlanded with yellow flowers. Brass lamps line the steps behind, and in the background figures in white clothes sit near a railing. Water streams down the dark stone surface.

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December 12 20162016-12-12Night photograph of a black stone Nandi bull statue at a temple, decorated with yellow-orange marigold garlands and a flower-decorated neck. Two young men stand at right, one shirtless in a white dhoti with white sacred markings on his arms and chest, pouring liquid from brass vessels onto the statue. A third figure in a white dhoti sits on the stone steps behind the statue, partially visible at upper left. Brass lamps line the stepped platform and white lights run along a metal railing. Red and white ceremonial cloth hangs at left.2016-12-12Night-time photo of a young man in white pouring water from a brass vessel over a large black stone Nandi bull statue decorated with a yellow-orange marigold garland. Water sprays off the statue in a fine mist. Another young man with shaved head and bare chest, wearing white dhoti and ash markings, leans in from the right, and a seated priest in white with a white headband sits in the background near metal railings and rows of small oil lamps on steps. Ritual abhishekam of Nandi at a temple at night.2016-12-12December 12 20162016-12-12December 12 20162016-12-12December 12 20162016-12-12Night photo of an abhishekam being performed on a large black stone Nandi statue draped with a garland of yellow and maroon flowers. A bare-chested man with a red sacred thread and tilak pours water from a golden vessel over the statue. Behind him, a shirtless devotee in white dhoti and red cloth stands near red festival flags, string lights and a metal railing, with a few onlookers in the background.2016-12-06A photograph of an outdoor night ritual at a stone temple setting. In the foreground a large black Shiva lingam is draped with a garland of white and yellow flowers and red beads, while a young shirtless man in a red dhoti and white body markings pours liquid from a vessel over it, an abhishekam. Behind a metal railing, several men sit on red-and-grey steps, some bare-chested and some in white or saffron-brown garments, watching. A seated woman in white with a yellow cloth is at the lower left, and red flags and brass vessels are visible. No one in the scene is clearly identifiable as a specific person from appearance alone.2016-12-09December 12 20162016-12-12Night-time photograph of a priest pouring water or milk from a golden pot over a large black stone Nandi bull statue decorated with a yellow-orange marigold garland. The shirtless priest wears a red and gold dhoti and a rudraksha-style bead necklace with white sacred ash markings on his arms. Behind the statue, rows of seated devotees in green and yellow clothing sit on red steps beside brass lamps and pots, under string lights and orange flags. This appears to be abhishekam to Nandi.2016-12-12December 12 20162016-12-12A priest in an orange dhoti with a bare chest and white ash markings on his torso pours water from a brass vessel over a dark black Nandi bull statue. The Nandi is garlanded with yellow and red flowers. Behind him, seated devotees in white and pink clothing watch on a night-time ritual stage with metal railings and green tubing. The scene shows a Rudrabhishekam-style abhishekam offering to the sacred bull.2016-12-11 +1 copies