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A photograph inside a dark stone temple shows a large black stone shivalinga on a circular yoni-shaped base, strewn with coloured flower petals. Water is being poured over it from a metal vessel held by a man in an orange robe with a shaved-looking grey head and tripundra marks, seated cross-legged. Beside him, a bare-chested man in white dhoti and sacred thread kneels and holds a metal pot, and a man in a dark red garment with a wrapped cloth reaches toward the base. A younger man in a teal garment reaches in from the right. A brass lamp and copper pot sit nearby, and a golden chain hangs from the upper left. This is a rudrabhishekam-style abhishekam of a Shiva lingam.

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Another man in white kneels near the base holding a brass vessel.2007-10-25A photograph of a temple abhishekam at a large stone shivalingam set in a yoni-peetha base, the lingam dark and wet with liquid running down its sides and white and pink flower petals scattered across the basin and floor. In the foreground a man in an orange-saffron robe with a rudraksha mala holds a small offering dish and pours or sprinkles over the lingam. Behind him, men in white dhotis with orange waist cloths and beaded necklaces stand with hands joined in prayer, and a few more people in orange sit on the floor near a small brass lamp and bowl at the back left. At right, a large golden deity murti in a purple garment with gold trim is partly visible. A small brass figure stands on a pedestal at left, and the stone pillars and carved walls of the hall frame the scene.2007-10-25February 19 20152015-02-19 +1 copiesA photograph inside a temple of a black stone shivalinga surrounded by marigold petals and scattered flowers. A man in a maroon and gold-bordered dhoti bends low over the linga, face down near the stone, with a person's hand and head near the yoni base. Behind, a figure in orange robes and rudraksha malas sits cross-legged. A bare-chested man in white dhoti leans over the stone with his hands flat on it. Other hands and arms of devotees reach in from the edges, and offerings of flowers are placed around the linga. The scene shows a rudrabhisheka or abhishekam ritual.2015-09-16January 23 20142014-01-23February 19 20152015-02-19 +1 copiesA temple abhishekam at a large black stone lingam set in a black pedestal basin. Two priests in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls stand at the left and right of the lingam, both with arms outstretched, pouring or offering a ritual item over it. Behind them is a golden deity murti with a garland of rudraksha beads and a multicoloured flower garland draped around the arch. Colourful decorated pillars with painted elephant motifs frame the stage. In the foreground a woman in a white sari with her back to the camera watches the ritual. The priests are attired as ritual officiants, and no identity is asserted for them.A photograph of an abhishekam at a temple shivalinga on a round stone yoni-peetham base, with water pouring down over the dark granite lingam. A man in a saffron-orange robe pours from a brass vessel at the top left, while a second man in white dhoti and shirt with an orange shawl and rudraksha mala holds a brass kalasha at the right. A woman in a magenta sari with gold border stands at the right edge. Brass pots and a golden kalasha sit at the base, with carved grey stone pillars behind.2007-10-25