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Night photograph of a Rudrabhishekam ritual at a row of tiered red steps lined with black Shivalingams. A bare-chested man with white sacred markings on his chest and shoulders and a white dhoti holds a brass kalasha high in one hand and pours water over a lingam. Beside him, two women in white saris with gold borders pour from brass vessels, one in a green blouse. A woman in a white sari sits at left, watching, with a red bindi and gold necklace. Ritual abhishekam in a temple setting.

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Three devotees seated before a row of black Shivalingam abhishekam stones on red-painted stepped platforms at night. A woman on the left wears a white sari with gold border, hands pressed in namaste and a red wrist thread. A bare-chested man in the centre with white sacred ash on his forehead and chest holds a gold abhishekam vessel, and a woman in a green blouse and white sari on the right pours from a gold vessel. Brass pots sit in front of the lingams. The scene shows Rudrabhishekam ritual worship.2016-11-14November 14 20162016-11-14 +1 copiesNovember 14 20162016-11-14A night photograph of a Rudrabhishekam at a temple with several black stone Shivalingams on tiered pedestals. Four devotees pour liquid from golden horn-shaped vessels over the lingams. The man in front is bare-chested with white ash markings on his chest and forehead and wears a white dhoti; a woman on the left in white with gold jewellery and a red wrist thread holds her palms together in prayer; another woman in a green blouse and white sari pours from a golden vessel; a fourth devotee in a maroon top also pours. The setting is a red-brick temple wall lined with more lingams.2016-11-14 +1 copiesNovember 14 20162016-11-14 +1 copiesNovember 14 20162016-11-14December 03 20162016-12-03Devotees perform abhishekam on rows of black stone shivalingams on red-brick steps, pouring water through long brass horns held in both hands. Several participants sit close together; a woman in an orange and yellow patterned salwar wears a white tilak on her forehead, a woman in a teal sari wears gold bangles, a man in white clothes and rudraksha mala sits nearby, and a woman in a pink shawl with black trousers pours from a horn at the right. Brass bowls and small offerings rest on the steps and around the lingams.2016-12-19May 24 20172017-05-24A photograph of several people seated on red stepped tiers beside rows of grey stone shivalingams with black cylindrical lingams in front. Five or six devotees in white ritual clothes hold long golden conical horns to their lips and play them, with one man in the foreground wearing a white dhoti-style garment with a gold border and a rudraksha-style mala, his bare shoulders and forehead marked with white ash. A woman in white sari with a braided bun and a light-skinned woman with dark hair play beside him. Tiered stone structures and a plastic container of offerings sit in the lower corner. No one is identified as a person.2013-06-04December 03 20162016-12-03Photograph of a large group of men in white dhotis, mostly bare-chested with white ash markings on their bodies, seated in rows on red-painted temple steps performing abhishekam to rows of black stone shivalingams set in dark round basins decorated with pink flower petals. Several men hold long golden horn-shaped vessels pouring liquid over the lingams, and one holds a golden pot. A few men wear rudraksha malas and gold chains. Offering pots and brass vessels sit along the stone ledge in the foreground. No single individual is clearly identifiable as a person figure from appearance.2017-05-24