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A row of women in saffron-orange robes with yellow borders sits in profile, performing a ritual over black stone lingams. The woman in front has white vertical tilak marks on her forehead and a red bindi, wears beaded rudraksha-style bracelets, and holds a small brass lamp in her outstretched hand. Other women behind her, similarly dressed, hold oil lamps and offering vessels. Black cylindrical lingams with gold-tipped tops line the foreground, with red-tiered stone seating blurred in the background. The scene suggests a Shiva abhishekam or puja in progress.

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Women in saffron-orange sarees with yellow borders and rudraksha malas sit in a row on red stone steps, performing a Rudrabhishekam-style ritual. Each holds a small brass oil lamp or bell-like vessel while seated before rows of black stone shivalinga with pink flower offerings on top. White tilak marks decorate some foreheads, and a pink marker and blurred figures appear in the background.2013-06-08A row of young women in matching saffron-orange saris with red and yellow borders sit cross-legged along red-painted steps, holding small brass vessels and bells during a ritual. Each has a white tilak on the forehead and some wear rudraksha beads. Before them stand rows of black polished shivalingams with pale stone bases, many topped with small offerings, as part of a Rudrabhishekam-style worship at the temple. A boy in red clothes sits at the far right beside another lingam and a brass pot. The scene is outdoors in warm, soft light.2013-06-08Photograph of a row of women in saffron-orange robes with yellow borders sitting on steps before rows of black Shivalingams topped with small metal fittings and pink flowers. Each woman holds a long golden conical horn to her lips and pours or offers liquid into the lingam, with white tilak marks on their foreheads and rudraksha malas on their wrists. A red-tiered stone terrace with small stone shrines forms the background. No a person candidate is visible.2013-06-04A row of women in orange and red saffron-toned robes with yellow borders sit on steps before a line of black shivalinga-style stone pillars. Each woman holds a long golden conical horn, and the foreground woman, with hair in a bun, white forehead markings and a dark beaded mala and bracelet, raises hers toward a black linga. Red tiered steps and small stone shrines form the background.2013-06-04June 04 20132013-06-04A row of women in orange-red saris with yellow borders sits on steps before black Shiva lingams, pouring water through long golden abhishekam funnels. The woman in front, wearing a rudraksha mala and a white forehead mark, holds her golden funnel with her right hand while the others follow in a line. Pink flowers rest on the lingam tops, and red-tiered stone shrines stand in the background.2013-06-04June 10 20132013-06-10 +1 copiesJune 04 20132013-06-04A row of women in orange and saffron saris with yellow borders sits in a line, each pouring liquid through long golden-brown pipes or tubes onto black cylindrical lingams arranged on a red-tiered stone platform. Several women have white vibhuti or sacred ash marks on their foreheads, rudraksha-style beads on their wrists and necks, and small earrings. The foreground woman wears a red bindi and holds a pipe with a hand near the lingam, while the others continue the same abhishekam-style pouring. The scene shows a ritual abhishekam of multiple lingams in a temple courtyard, with a row of about seven women visible. No identifiable a person is present.2013-06-10 +1 copiesJune 10 20132013-06-10 +1 copiesA row of women in orange saffron robes with yellow borders sits on red-painted stone steps, pouring water through long golden conical vessels onto black lingams. Each woman has white vibhuti marks on her forehead; several wear rudraksha malas. The black lingams stand on round stone pitha bases, one with pink flowers placed on top, and more stone shivalingas line the steps behind them. This is an abhishekam offering scene. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2013-06-04A photograph of a row of women in orange-saffron robes with yellow borders performing a ritual at a line of black stone Shivalingams set on a red-tiled stepped platform. Several women seated in a row hold long golden cone-shaped vessels, pouring a thin stream of liquid over the black lingams, which are decorated with red flowers. The woman in the foreground, with a white forehead mark and rudraksha beads, holds her cone out with one hand while her other hand forms a mudra. Pillars and smoke rise in the background, and there is no visible person identifiable as a person.2013-06-04