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Outdoor Rudra Abhishekam on tiered red steps with many devotees seated in rows, each pouring liquid over small black shivalinga stones from brass pots and metal vessels. In the foreground a woman in a teal and multicoloured top, navy jacket and rudraksha mala pours from a brass pot over a black linga, with a tripundra on her forehead. Beside her an older woman in a maroon jacket and dark rudraksha mala sits holding a brass pot, and a woman in a white head covering and blue wrap holds a brass vessel. Brass bowls and tall gold-coloured horns are scattered across the steps, and a pink-clothed girl in the left background holds a horn. No a person candidate is visible.

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December 17 20162016-12-17Large outdoor Rudra Abhishekam on red-tiled stepped platforms. Many participants sit in rows before black stone Shivalingams on round peetha bases, pouring liquid from brass vessels and holding long golden or yellow ritual horns. Brass pots, bowls, oil lamps and small offering plates with flowers are set around the lingams. Participants wear white, saffron-orange, red and teal saris and kurtas; a woman in a red sari and gold necklace sits centrally, and a woman in a teal and blue sari holds a horn at right. A woman in a grey cardigan and rudraksha-style red beaded mala sits at left. Behind, dense crowds fill the steps under white canopies.2016-12-17December 17 20162016-12-17Night-time ritual photo on stone steps of a riverbank ghat, with rows of devotees pouring water over black stone Shivalingams. In the foreground a woman in white kurta and blue floral trousers, with a red-and-gold shawl, pours from a brass vessel with a long spout over a dark lingam; a woman in a maroon top beside her does the same. A woman in a dark green jacket and white dhoti-style garment and another in white with a red cord also pour from brass spouted vessels. Brass bowls and small lamps sit on the steps, and many other people in white ritual clothes sit behind them under string lights. Scene is abhishekam at a lingam.2016-12-11 +1 copiesDecember 12 20162016-12-12Outdoor ceremony on red-painted stone steps where many devotees sit before black stone Shivalinga structures with brass vessels and small oil lamps placed around them. In the foreground a man in white dhoti with a rudraksha mala and bare arms sits with palms pressed together, while a woman in a blue sari sits beside him and a woman in pink with a name badge sits at left. Behind them, a shirtless man in grey trousers and a bald man in white garments sit among a large crowd of seated participants under flags and a loudspeaker on a pole.2016-12-03December 17 20162016-12-17December 03 20162016-12-03December 18 20162016-12-18December 03 20162016-12-03December 11 20162016-12-11 +1 copiesOutdoor Shivalinga abhishekam on red-brick terraced steps with many devotees seated in rows. Black stone shivalingas sit on yoni bases with brass pots and small brass vessels beside them. Several women in saris and salwar kameez, one in a grey sweater and one in a white kurta with a red shawl, pour liquid from tall cone-shaped vessels over the lingas. Men in white dhotis and a bare-chested man with a rudraksha mala sit among them. Banners and a loudspeaker appear in the background under a bright sky. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable.2016-12-18