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Outdoor abhishekam at a large dark black stone Shivalinga draped with bright marigold and multicolour flower garlands. A woman in a red-orange sari with a red floral garland and gold necklaces pours liquid from a white container onto the linga, smiling. Beside her, a bald man in saffron-orange ritual cloth with a bare chest and garlands of purple and white flowers holds a hand over the stone, assisting with the offering. Behind a metal railing, devotees watch, and a gilded horned ceremonial decoration with tassels and banana leaves hangs overhead under string lights.

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Outdoor temple abhishekam at Bidadi Adheenam: a large black linga is draped with flower garlands in red, yellow, purple and white, and water flows over it. On a metal-railed platform, a smiling woman in a red-orange sari with gold jewellery and a red-and-white flower garland holds a conch shell, beside a bare-chested man with a shaved head, orange-red cloth and ornaments, who also holds a conch and has painted markings on his arms. A third man in white with a white forehead marking stands behind them. Festive decorations with tassels, a golden makara-like ornament and a crowd of onlookers fill the background.2013-12-27December 27 20132013-12-27December 27 20132013-12-27December 27 20162016-12-27December 27 20132013-12-27December 27 20162016-12-27A large black stone Shiva lingam, draped with a long garland of orange, yellow, red and white flowers, stands at the left of the frame during an abhishekam on a raised platform. Two priests in saffron-orange dhotis, one bare-chested and bald, stand on the metal platform beside it, with a woman in an orange sari and a flower garland also on the platform, holding a vessel. Behind them a decorated canopy with red, gold and orange tassels frames the scene. Seated on the stepped red stands in the foreground, a person in orange robes with a beaded necklace sits on a chair beneath orange umbrellas, and rows of people in white clothes with hands folded watch from behind a metal fence. Drums are visible near the lower right.2013-12-27Outdoor procession scene at dusk: a decorated elephant draped in garlands of orange, yellow, red and purple flowers, carrying a palanquin-like platform. A woman in a red-orange and gold sari with a red flower garland holds a lit oil lamp (aarti) in one hand and a small brass bell in the other, with a plume of smoke rising. Beside her, a bald man in white with a tilak and red-orange cloth holds a silver vessel, and another man stands behind her. Visible garlands of purple, yellow and white flowers line the railing.2016-12-27February 27 20142014-02-27Outdoor photo at dusk of a large dark stone or metal linga-like form draped with a long garland of marigolds and red, pink and white flowers, with petals scattered on it. Beside it on a raised platform stands a woman in a red-brown garment with a red and pink flower garland, gold necklaces and gold bangles, smiling. Next to her a shaved-headed priest in a reddish-brown cloth with white tripundra marks holds a small silver kalasha-like pot and a ritual item, performing abhishekam. Colourful flower garlands drape the platform railing, and the sky is pale grey.2016-12-27December 27 20132013-12-27 +1 copiesFebruary 27 20142014-02-27