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Outdoor ritual at a water tank with stepped red-and-white banks. A woman in a red sari with a garland holds a brass vessel and pours water over a row of black Shiva lingams draped in white cloth and wreathed with flower garlands. Several people in saffron robes stand along the steps and at the water's edge, and a line of onlookers in white shirts and trousers watches from the upper steps. The scene suggests an abhishekam of lingams at a sacred water tank.

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July 07 20092009-07-07July 08 20092009-07-08A photograph of a ritual at a red-and-white striped stepped ghat beside water. Several shivalingams draped in white cloth and garlanded with white and orange flowers sit on the steps. Four men in saffron-orange robes are carrying small clay pots or vessels toward the lingams, one holding a green coconut. The man in the centre, with long dark hair and a red-and-white garland, pours from a pot near the lingams. A cameraman in orange clothing films from the upper right, and a figure in white stands on the steps above.2009-07-08July 07 20092009-07-07July 08 20092009-07-08July 07 20092009-07-07July 07 20092009-07-07July 08 20092009-07-08July 07 20092009-07-07July 07 20092009-07-07July 07 20092009-07-07A photograph of a riverside or tank ritual with rows of black stone Shiva lingams draped in white cloth and garlanded with flowers, arranged on red-and-white stepped ghats. In the foreground a man in a red sleeveless top and orange dhoti, with a long flower garland and gold armband, holds a brass vessel and offers water toward the lingams. Behind him, robed priests in orange and white move along the steps, one carrying a trident aloft. A large crowd of devotees in white dhotis and saris stands on the steps with hands folded in anjali. Several figures wear orange robes. The setting appears to be an abhishekam or puja ceremony at water's edge.2009-07-08 +1 copies