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A photograph of a temple ritual with a dark stone shivalinga at centre, being bathed or anointed while water or liquid runs down its sides. A woman in the left foreground wears a rudraksha mala headdress and bracelets, a rust-red and gold-bordered cloth, and reaches toward the linga with her hand. Beside her, a shaved-headed priest in orange-saffron robes and a rudraksha mala holds a brass vessel. Behind the linga stands a deity murti draped with red and multicolour flower garlands, a red turban-like crown, and gold ornaments. Marigold and mixed flower garlands fill the background, and a golden hand and pink-and-gold cloth appear at the right edge. The image carries a copyright overlay.

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A temple abhishekam scene at night. A bare-chested person with rudraksha beads on the head and arms, wearing a rust and gold cloth, pours or presses water over a dark Shiva lingam. Beside them a bald priest in orange-red robes with rudraksha malas bends forward, holding a brass bowl. Behind them stands a deity murti in a red turban wrapped in layered garlands of red, pink, yellow and purple flowers, with golden hands visible at right and a golden silk shawl. Warm lamplight and a glass case fill the background.2015-02-17 +1 copiesFebruary 19 20152015-02-19February 17 20152015-02-17February 19 20152015-02-19 +1 copiesFebruary 19 20152015-02-19 +1 copiesA priest in a red-orange dhoti and wrap with a gold-bordered end stands at a black shiva lingam covered in white paste or ash. He wears a rudraksha mala headband, rudraksha necklace, gold bangles and a bead bracelet, and holds a metal vessel in one hand while pressing the other on the lingam. Behind him stand garlands of yellow, purple and magenta flowers, a red-draped structure and a white deity figure in an ornate setting.2015-02-17 +1 copiesFebruary 19 20152015-02-19 +1 copiesA photograph of a Shivalinga abhishekam at night. A man bare-chested, wearing a rudraksha headband and rudraksha mala with ceremonial gold armlets, pours a golden liquid from a silver vessel over a dark black Shivalinga. A second man in rust-orange and saffron cloth stands at left, and a third figure in orange clothing stands behind. The linga stands before a wall of dense garlands of red, yellow, purple and orange flowers, with a golden deity murti and a pink-and-gold cloth beside it. The scene reads as a Maha Shivaratri night ritual.2015-02-17 +1 copiesFebruary 17 20152015-02-17 +1 copiesFebruary 17 20152015-02-17 +1 copiesMaha Shivaratri abhishekam at a Shiva lingam on a dark stone base, decorated with marigold and rose garlands in yellow, orange, purple and red. A man with a rudraksha headband, rudraksha mala and gold armbands wearing an orange-brown dhoti pours liquid from a silver vessel over the lingam. Behind him, another man in orange clothing stands beside a gold deity murti, and to the right a figure in red and pink garments is seen near a bronze pedestal. Two more people stand partly at the left edge, with a gold-threaded red cloth draped over a white covering nearby.2015-02-17 +1 copiesFebruary 19 20152015-02-19 +1 copies