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A man with long, swept-back dark hair and a bare chest, wearing a flowing saffron-orange dhoti, leans over a dark stone shivalinga set in a large lotus-shaped stone yoni-pitha, pouring water over it during abhishekam. A second man in orange robes stands behind him. Beside them, a golden-bronze deity murti of a goddess, adorned with a crown, holds a trident-like staff and a green and gold sari, is seated on a stone pedestal under a stone-roofed pavilion. Water flows across the stone floor and a water tank is visible on the left.

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February 23 20072007-02-23February 23 20072007-02-23A temple scene with stone pillars and a granite ceiling. In the foreground, a shaved-headed priest in an orange-saffron dhoti and bare upper body pours liquid from a metal vessel over a dark stone shivalinga set in a lotus-shaped yoni pedestal, with water flowing down. Behind him, four other figures in orange-saffron robes stand; one wears a white forehead mark. To the right stands a golden-bronze deity murti in a green and red silk drape, with a brass oil lamp (deepa) beside its pedestal. The floor is wet from the abhishekam.2007-02-23A photograph inside a stone temple pavilion. A man with long, swept-back dark hair and a bare chest, wearing a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, stands at left pouring water from a brass vessel over a dark stone lingam-shaped abhishekam base, with water streaming down. A second man in orange clothing bends over the basin behind him, and a third orange-clad figure with a shaved head stands further left near a water tank. At right stands a large gilded deity murti in green and red silk with a crown, multiple arms and a trident, its feet on a stepped golden pedestal. Shallow water covers the stone floor, and a small white flower floats near the base.2007-02-23A temple abhishekam at a stone shrine open to the sky under a pillared roof. A man with long dark hair, bare-chested and wearing an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, pours water from a brass vessel over a large dark stone shivalingam on a wide yoni-shaped base. Two other men in orange-saffron cloth stand behind him beside the lingam. To the right, a large bronze deity murti in a teal and red-trimmed silk garment, with a gold crown and a trident-like staff, sits on a stepped plinth. Brass oil lamps and brass pots rest on the wet stone floor, and water spreads across the platform.2007-02-23A photograph of a stone Shivalinga on a tiered black stone yoni-peetha being bathed in water during abhishekam at an open temple pavilion with grey stone pillars and a red curtain. A man in a peach-orange dhoti and shawl leans over the linga pouring water from a brass kalasha, while another person with long dark hair in orange robes stands beside it. A bald young man in orange robes holds a second brass pot at the right, and a shaved priest in orange sits at the far right near a tall brass lamp stand. Water flows down the linga onto the wet stone floor. No swami identity can be confirmed from appearance alone.2007-02-23February 23 20072007-02-23A temple scene in a stone-pillared pavilion. A man with long dark hair and bare chest, wearing an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, pours water from a brass pot over a dark stone lingam-shaped object set in a basin, water splashing down. Beside him stands a golden four-armed deity murti in green and red silk garments with a crown, holding a trident-like staff and other emblems. Water flows across the stone floor.2007-02-23A photograph of a temple abhishekam at a stone shivalinga on a circular black stone yoni-peetha. A young man in orange-saffron dhoti and shirt, with dark hair, pours water from a brass vessel over the linga while another orange-clad person stands behind him. To the right, a man in orange clothing with hands pressed together in namaskar watches. A tall brass oil lamp stands in the right foreground and water pools on the stone floor under a stone pavilion roof.2007-02-23February 23 20072007-02-23February 23 20072007-02-23A photograph of a stone Shivalingam being bathed with water at an outdoor temple-style shrine. A man with curly dark hair in an orange-saffron robe and draped cloth pours water from a brass pot over the lingam, which sits on a dark granite yoni-peetha base. Behind him, a second person in orange-red robes with a red bindi stands close, and a third man in a red-orange garment bends over at the right. Stone pillars with carved patterns frame the scene, and water pools on the granite floor. This is a lingam abhishekam being performed by devotees.2007-02-23