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Outdoor abhishekam on a large grey stone Shivalingam wrapped in marigold, green leaf and multicolour flower garlands. Two men stand on a metal staircase and platform: the one on the right, bare-chested with a saffron dhoti and long dark hair, pours liquid from a brass vessel onto the lingam, water spraying up around it. A second attendant in orange cloth stands behind on the stairs. Blue sky and green trees behind a tan wall.

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December 23 20162016-12-23Outdoors under a clear blue sky, a priest in orange ritual cloth with a bare upper body and white tilak on his forehead pours water from a brass vessel over a tall, rounded, flower-garlanded sacred stone form, a shiva lingam-style murti, as water streams down its surface. The lingam is wrapped in bands of yellow, orange, white, red and purple marigold and other flower garlands. Behind him, on a raised metal platform with orange-garlanded railings, two more attendants in orange cloth stand, one wearing rudraksha beads and tilak. Dense green trees and a tan stone wall form the background. The scene depicts abhishekam, a ritual bathing of the deity.2016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23January 13 20152015-01-13October 10 20162016-10-10January 13 20152015-01-13June 10 20132013-06-10 +1 copiesA photograph of an outdoor Shiva lingam abhishekam on a raised metal platform beside a large dark stone lingam wrapped with a garland of yellow and purple marigolds. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti pours liquid from a brass vessel onto the lingam, while a second man in a rudraksha mala stands behind him and an orange-clad figure is partly visible at the left edge. A green tree and a concrete wall with a wooden door stand in the background under an overcast sky.2016-10-10June 03 20132013-06-03A large dark stone lingam is being bathed with water on an outdoor platform. A man in an orange-saffron cloth and a garland of white flowers stands on a metal scaffold, pouring water from a silver vessel over the lingam. The lingam is draped with a thick garland of marigolds in yellow, orange, red, purple and green, with white flower strands. Water splashes off the stone. A second person in orange cloth sits at the left edge of the platform, and a metal railing and staircase frame the scene. A plain brick wall and a tree stand in the background under a pale sky. The scene is an abhishekam, the ritual bathing of a Shiva lingam.2017-05-24October 16 20162016-10-16