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A woman in a maroon sari with a brown patterned shawl and a shoulder bag stands with palms pressed together in namaste beside a dark stone Shiva lingam on a round white-rimmed basin filled with milky liquid, at an abhishekam. Behind her a man in a white shirt and yellow dhoti with a rudraksha mala stands bowing near brass kalasha pots, and a red-and-orange saree-draped deity murti wearing yellow flower garlands stands at right. A blue cloth hangs in the background and a blue sign on the white wall reads a no-entry warning. Trees are visible beyond.

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October 19 20082008-10-19A woman in a maroon sari with a gold-bordered pallu pours liquid from a small metal vessel onto a dark stone lingam set in a circular basin inside a temple. Beside her, a man in a white kurta stands, and a priest in a white shirt and yellow dhoti stands behind the lingam. On the right, a deity murti in gold ornaments and a teal and red garment is decorated with yellow flower garlands. The scene suggests abhishekam, though the visible evidence is a lingam being bathed with a pouring vessel. No a person candidate is visible.2008-10-19October 19 20082008-10-19Temple abhishekam scene: a woman in a maroon sari bends forward and pours liquid from a steel vessel over a small white shiva lingam on a yellow wooden stand, beside a large dark black stone lingam and yoni base on a wet floor. Behind her a man in a white shirt and yellow dhoti stands by red-and-white walls and garlanded red deity draperies. Another man in white holds a brass pot, a brass lamp stands at left, and a woman in a yellow sari appears partly at right.2008-10-19October 19 20082008-10-19October 19 20082008-10-19September 19 20152015-09-19October 19 20082008-10-19January 17 20102010-01-17A woman in a maroon sari and a brown patterned shawl pours water from a small silver vessel over a dark stone shivalingam set in a round white basin, as part of an abhishekam. Behind her a man in a white shirt and yellow dhoti stands with a metal pot, and a priest in white and yellow stands nearby. Beside the lingam, a large gilded deity murti wears a teal and magenta skirt, layered gold and silver necklaces, a red headdress and a long garland of yellow and red flowers. The setting is a temple doorway open to trees outside.2008-10-19October 19 20082008-10-19A photograph of a temple abhishekam at a Shiva lingam set in a black stone yoni-peetham. A man in a light striped shirt with a lanyard leans forward pouring liquid from a brass pot over the lingam, which is glistening wet. A young girl in white and gold stands beside him holding a white cloth, and a man in a white shirt and yellow dhoti stands behind, near a garlanded deity dressed in red and teal silks. Brass kalashas sit on the floor, and a small golden shrine model rests on a yellow stand in the foreground. Several other people watch from the left side of the frame.2008-10-19