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Photo of a large dark polished stone lingam, a Shiva linga, draped with a long garland of red, yellow and white flowers running down its front. A man seated on a raised metal platform with a silver railing reaches toward the top of the lingam, holding a brass bowl of offerings; he is bare-chested with white dhoti, rudraksha mala and white markings on his arm. Behind him is a tall beige wall, and along the red stepped tiers at right, several people in white clothing sit in the surrounding abhishekam ritual setting.

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November 22 20162016-11-22A large dark polished Shivalinga is being bathed with water poured from a brass vessel held by a bare-chested man in white dhoti seated on a metal platform. The man has long dreadlocked hair tied up, sacred ash markings on his forehead and arms, and rudraksha beads on his arms. A garland of red, white, yellow and green flowers wraps the linga, and a silver yoni-pitha base with decorative bands sits at its base. Water streams down the linga's surface under a clear blue sky with trees behind. This is an abhishekam being performed on the linga.2016-11-26 +1 copiesA priest with long matted hair and bare torso, wearing white dhoti and red-orange bead malas on his arms, stands on a metal platform pouring water from a brass pot over a large dark black stone lingam. A garland of red, white, green and yellow flowers drapes down the lingam, and a silver yoni-pitha base sits at its lower right. Behind him, another person in white and red stands at the railing under a clear blue sky. The lingam is being given abhishekam with water.2016-11-26 +1 copiesNovember 26 20162016-11-26 +1 copiesA large dark polished Shiva lingam wrapped with a garland of red, yellow and white flowers dominates the right foreground. On an elevated metal platform behind it, a bare-chested priest with long matted hair and white body markings sits cross-legged in white dhoti, holding a small vessel and a ritual spoon over offerings, while two assistants in orange dhotis with gold borders sit beside him with hands folded. Tiered red steps behind are filled with seated devotees and many small lingams, and a few women in bright saris sit among them under a concrete wall and trees.2016-11-24 +1 copiesNovember 27 20162016-11-27 +1 copiesNovember 07 20162016-11-07November 24 20162016-11-24November 26 20162016-11-26 +1 copiesNovember 26 20162016-11-26 +1 copiesNovember 22 20162016-11-22November 22 20162016-11-22