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A photograph taken from below of a metal platform with a steel railing and staircase atop a large grey dome-shaped structure wrapped with a garland of red, yellow, green and white flowers. Standing on the platform is a man with long hair, a white forehead mark and a bare upper body wearing beaded necklaces, holding a white cloth or conch-like object. Beside him, a figure in orange saffron robes stands at the railing, with another person in orange partly visible below. The sky is pale and overcast, with scaffolding at the left edge.

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A photograph of a large grey lingam, a Shiva linga, being anointed on a metal scaffold platform. A woman in an orange-red sari with a gold necklace stands at the top, holding a white offering vessel toward the lingam. Beside her, a man in an orange-red dhoti and shawl with a white tilak and gold necklace holds a white item. Below on the stairs, more people in orange-red robes and white offering items assist. A multicoloured garland of red, yellow, white and green flowers wraps the top of the lingam, and a silver band encircles its base. The sky is pale white.2013-06-10 +1 copiesJune 24 20132013-06-24A large dark grey Shiva lingam, draped with a multicoloured garland of red, yellow, green, purple and white flowers, is being bathed with milk poured from above. On a metal scaffold beside it, three men in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls stand at the top. The central figure, bare-chested with long dark hair and a red and white garland, extends his arm to pour the milk, while a shaved-headed priest with white tilak and rudraksha malas watches beside him. Another attendant in saffron stands further left. The scene is an abhishekam at an outdoor Shiva lingam against a pale sky.2013-07-08May 24 20172017-05-24A large black dome-shaped Shiva lingam is wrapped in a garland of red, pink, white, yellow and green flowers. A bare-chested man in white dhoti and rudraksha mala stands on the lingam, reaching down to adjust the garland, while a metal staircase and platform behind hold several priests in saffron robes and white dhotis, some bare-chested with sacred markings. Their work suggests a rudrabhishekam or puja at the lingam, with a stepped platform and a pale sky above.2017-07-03Outdoor abhishekam on a large grey Shivalinga, its top draped with a garland of alternating red, yellow, white and green flowers and smeared with yellow turmeric paste running down its sides. Atop a metal ladder scaffold, a man in orange-saffron cloth and a beaded rudraksha necklace pours liquid from a white conch-shaped vessel over the linga. Two younger attendants in orange cloth stand beside him on the platform, one with a rudraksha mala. The plain white sky and a low brick building fill the background.2017-07-24June 26 20172017-06-26June 10 20132013-06-10 +1 copiesJuly 03 20172017-07-03 +1 copiesA photograph of a large dark grey Shiva lingam decorated with a garland of multicoloured flowers in red, yellow, white, purple and green, with a silver yoni-style base plate bearing a white ornamental band. Two priests in saffron-orange dhoti and ochre shawls stand on a metal scaffold platform with red and white flower garlands draped over its railing; the taller priest, with short hair and a gold necklace, pours liquid from a white vessel over the lingam's top. Other priests are partly visible at the platform's edge. Pale sky forms the background. The scene depicts abhishekam of the lingam.2013-06-24October 16 20162016-10-16November 22 20162016-11-22