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A young boy with short dark hair sits beside a dark stone shivalinga on a black stone platform, pouring or holding a long golden vessel. He wears white and gold-bordered dhoti-style cloth, a brown rudraksha mala around his neck, white sacred ash horizontal lines on his forehead and chest, and a dark kumkum dot between his brows. Behind him, figures in orange robes hold similar golden vessels, and a small brass lamp and pink flower petals lie near the stone. The scene suggests a temple abhishekam ritual with a Shiva linga, though only the boy's action is clearly visible.

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July 20 20172017-07-202013-July-152013-07-152013-July-152013-07-152013-July-152013-07-15June 06 20132013-06-06November 22 20162016-11-22Outdoor photo of a row of young boys in saffron-orange dhoti-style clothing seated on red-painted stone steps beside black stone Shivalingams on pedestals. The boys wear white tripundra markings on their foreheads and beaded necklaces, and the foremost two hold up long golden horns, raising them toward the lingams as they sound them. Brass kalashas and small brass pots, flower petals and small offering plates sit among the stone. Several other boys in orange and white are seated further back along the steps, and some dark-haired adults are visible among them.2017-07-24November 26 20162016-11-26 +1 copiesDecember 17 20162016-12-17April 10 20132013-04-10 +1 copies2013-July-152013-07-15Young boys in red dhotis with gold-bordered shawls play golden conch-shaped horns during a Rudrabhishekam at a row of black Shivalingams. Several white-cloth-draped lingams line red steps behind them, and small offerings sit on the wet black base. The boy on the left wears a white forehead mark and beaded necklaces; the boy in the centre wears gold chains and blows a horn. Another boy at right holds a horn. Abhishekam-style ritual setting.2013-12-30