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A person in a red-maroon turban and maroon robe with gold-striped border stands bare-shouldered at a shrine, leaning forward to pour liquid from a copper pot over a black Shivalinga draped with orange marigold garlands. Behind it, a silver cobra hood stands beside a lit oil lamp, a white conch shell sits on the stone altar, and small brass deity murtis and silver-framed images are arranged on a red-and-gold cloth. Red-painted pillars frame the marble shrine.

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October 27 20152015-10-27October 27 20152015-10-27A photograph of a person in a red-brown robe with a rust-coloured turban and a gold-bordered orange cloth, bending forward at a shrine to perform worship. They are placing or touching orange marigold garlands on a black Shiva lingam set on a silver yoni base. Behind the lingam is a silver cobra hood, a conch shell, a brass kalasha-like vessel and small deity figures on a red cloth-covered altar within a red-painted arched shrine niche. Marigold petals and flowers are scattered around. A second person in orange stands in the background at the right.2015-10-27October 27 20152015-10-27A person in a maroon-red turban and maroon garment with gold border stripes stands bent over at a red shrine, pouring liquid from a small vessel over a black Shivling decorated with marigold garlands. Behind it sits a silver cobra hood and a small lit oil lamp on a red-draped altar with marble walls, brass and silver deity murti and offerings. A rudraksha-style beaded necklace hangs at the chest, and the scene reads as abhishekam at a Shiva shrine.2015-10-27March 14 20142014-03-14A seated man in an orange silk garment, bare-shouldered with a gold-toned sacred thread and a bracelet on his wrist, pours a white liquid from a shell-like vessel over a Sri Meru yantra made of pale tiers on a brass tray. The yantra sits on a peetha-like base amid marigold and jasmine garlands and pink petals, with a smoking fire pit and brass vessels beside it. Behind, a shrine holds a deity murti in red and white adornments flanked by brass lamps and flowers. A person's hand holding a brass vessel is partly visible at lower left, and a tiger-striped seat cover sits at the left edge. The description of this photo's appearance-based label: the man's shaved head, orange garment, sacred thread and bracelet are consistent with a person performing the abhishekam, with an unsure identity tag.June 05 20122012-06-05 +1 copiesA seated man in saffron-orange robes with a gold-bead and rudraksha-style necklace performs abhishekam at a black stone shivalinga on a metal stand inside a small orange-painted shrine. He pours liquid from a silver vessel onto the lingam, with silver pots, bowls and a kalasha in the foreground. Behind him, a glass-fronted niche holds a white and gold deity murti. He has long dark hair tied back and a white tilak on his forehead.2014-03-14A photograph inside a temple sanctum during a puja. A man in a maroon-red robe and an orange-red turban bends forward, both hands on a large garland of yellow, red, and green flowers draped over a deity murti. Gold ornaments and a coiled serpent hood sit on the murti behind him, with a richly decorated golden-and-red deity figure at right. A second robed assistant with long hair and a rudraksha mala stands at left holding a plate. Brass oil lamps with lit flames sit in the foreground. Marigold garlands surround the scene.2016-12-14January 20 20142014-01-20Photo of an abhishekam at a Shiva lingam in a temple setting. A woman with a tiered rudraksha headdress, gold bangles and a red-and-maroon garment pours liquid from a silver-white vessel onto the dark grey lingam. Behind her, a bald man in a deep red-orange dhoti and rudraksha mala holds a second vessel and watches. Beside them stands a tall wall of marigolds and roses in red, yellow, purple and pink, with a gold deity murti in the upper right. Two other figures in red-orange are partly visible at the left edge.2015-02-17 +1 copies