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A large dark black stone lingam with silver-banded yoni-style base and a silver circular marking is being bathed with a stream of milk poured from a brass pot. The lingam is wrapped with a garland of red, yellow and white flowers. On a steel staircase platform beside it, a bare-chested priest with white tripundra markings and rudraksha beads pours from the vessel while a second priest in orange cloth stands behind him. Another attendant in an orange dhoti stands on the stairs to the left. A red flag flutters at the lower right under a clear blue sky. The scene shows abhishekam being performed on a large outdoor shivalinga.

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A large dark stone Shiva lingam with white and gold banded silver-toned strips and a white circular mark, draped with a garland of red, yellow and white flowers. Milk or white liquid flows down its top. Two shirtless priests stand on a metal staircase platform pouring liquid from a golden vessel over the lingam during abhishekam; one wears a white tilak and reddish-orange dhoti. Another attendant in orange cloth sits on the stairs in the background under a clear blue sky, with a red flag at right.2016-11-24November 22 20162016-11-22Outdoor abhishekam at a large black Shiva lingam decorated with a garland of red, yellow, white and green flowers and two horizontal silver bands with a central silver disc. A bare-chested man with long dreadlocked hair and white tripundra markings stands on a metal staircase platform, pouring liquid from a golden pot onto the lingam. Two other figures, one in orange cloth, stand behind on the railed stairs against a clear blue sky.2016-11-26 +1 copiesNovember 11 20162016-11-11 +1 copiesNovember 26 20162016-11-26 +2 copiesNovember 22 20162016-11-22A large black Shiva lingam is being bathed on an elevated steel platform with railings under a clear blue sky. A bare-chested priest with long matted hair and white tripundra markings on his forehead pours liquid from a golden vessel over the top of the lingam, which is draped with a garland of red, yellow, green and white flowers and has silver bands around its base. Beside him, a smiling young assistant with a white sacred thread and tripundra stands near brass vessels, while another attendant in orange cloth is partly visible at the left edge. Wall of an orange-brown structure behind.2016-11-11 +1 copiesDecember 02 20162016-12-02November 22 20162016-11-22A large dark polished Shiva lingam with silver horizontal bands and a central disc is garlanded with a multicolour flower chain of red, yellow and green blossoms. A priest with long dreadlocked hair, white sacred markings on his forehead and body, and a rudraksha-style beaded necklace stands on a metal staircase platform and pours liquid from a brass vessel over the lingam, which is glistening with wet yellow-tinted abhishekam. Two other attendants in orange cloths stand on the stairs behind him under a clear blue sky.2016-11-26 +1 copiesNovember 07 20162016-11-07 +1 copiesNovember 22 20162016-11-22