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A photograph of a single person in a red sari-style garment standing barefoot on a wet dark stone platform beside a large black granite lingam-like pillar with water flowing down its side. The person wears a white flower garland with red and white flowers, and a longer garland hangs from the top left. Behind is a striped red and white stepped wall with potted green plants. Water sprays across the scene. The person has shaven or short hair and stands facing the pillar with one hand extended toward it.

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June 09 20092009-06-09June 09 20092009-06-09A photograph of a man standing barefoot in water beneath a large black stone abhishekam basin, its carved lotus-petal base streaming with water. He wears a red garment draped over his shoulders and body, a long white-and-red flower garland with a red tassel, and a dark rudraksha mala. He lifts both hands to his hair and smiles with eyes closed as water falls around him, with scattered white petals on the wet stone. Seated on steps at left, a bare-shouldered elderly man in white clothes with a yellow shawl and a woman in white look on. A metal pot sits at lower right. The man's appearance has some cues like rudraksha and garland but is not distinctive enough to confirm identity; the page places a person at this event.2009-06-09June 09 20092009-06-09October 17 20102010-10-17September 29 20092009-09-29June 09 20092009-06-09June 09 20092009-06-09A figure in a red draped garment with a long white and red flower garland stands on a black stone basin while water pours down from above, petals scattered on the wet surface. A golden trident stands in the foreground. Seated on white and red striped steps behind, several people in white and orange-red clothes watch, and raised hands of a crowd fill the lower edge. Appearance-based candidate: Swamiji (probable), wearing a red garment with a flower garland and long swept-back hair, standing in the water as a central figure of the abhishekam scene.2009-06-09A smiling man with long dark hair stands barefoot on a wet stone stage with arms opened outward. He wears a red draped garment over a red top, a long white and red flower garland, and a rudraksha mala. A dark carved backdrop and scattered white petals on the floor surround him, with rain visible in the air.2009-06-09October 17 20102010-10-17A smiling man with long dark hair, wearing a red sleeveless top and red draped wrap, stands barefoot on a surface scattered with white flower petals in front of a dark carved stone structure. He wears a long white and red jasmine garland with dark rudraksha beads around his neck. Rain droplets are visible in the air. The dress is a red sannyasi-style wrap with a garland.2009-06-09