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A slide-style graphic with a header table reading Location: Panchanathikulam, Vedaranyam, India and Incident #: Daily worship at the temple, followed by a Photos heading. Four photographs of the same ritual are arranged side by side: shaven-headed priests in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls, wearing rudraksha malas and white forehead markings, pour water from large brass kalashas over dark stone deity murtis and a bull-shaped sculpture. Stone pillars and a dim temple interior appear behind them.

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Ancient Monasteries PersecutionKailaasa Paramparagatha Sūrya Vaṃśa Sarvajnapeetha Adi Noothana Chola SamrajyamMadurai Aadheenam PersecutionMadurai Aadheenam PersecutionA shaved-headed man in saffron-orange robes and a red headpiece pours yellow liquid from a large brass vessel over a dark stone Shivalinga, which is topped with a pink flower. Ash marks are visible on his forehead and he wears gold bracelets on his wrist. The liquid streams down the black stone base in an abhishekam offering. A red exit sign and brass bells are visible in the background of an indoor temple room. The page identifies the event as a Pradosha abhishekam at Kailaasa in Los Angeles, but the figure's appearance alone does not establish his identity.2008-05-03A priest in orange ritual clothing bends forward at a stone shivalinga-style yoni-pitha in a dim stone-walled sanctum, pouring liquid from a metal vessel over the central object. The priest has a shaved head and wears an orange dhoti and orange upper cloth. A curved brass or golden ornamental frame surrounds the object, and yellow-tinged liquid and offerings are visible on the base. The setting appears to be a temple abhishekam.A two-panel photo collage of a temple abhishekam. In both panels a man in an orange-red dhoti and shawl, with a gold ornate necklace and rudraksha-style beads, pours water from a large brass kalasha over a small gold-coloured deity murti on an altar. In the right panel a gold figure of a deity stands beside a white carved figure on the altar. Behind him a second man in white ritual dhoti stands by the altar.2011-03-03Madurai Aadheenam PersecutionAncient Monasteries PersecutionA four-panel collage of temple abhishekam ritual. Top left: a shaved-headed priest in orange robes pours liquid over a black shiva lingam, with a silver-and-gold deity murti draped in colourful cloth behind it. Bottom left: the same priest in orange pours from a silver vessel over a dark stone object surrounded by marigold and yellow flower garlands. Top right: the priest in orange pours from a golden vessel over a golden standing statue in an arched shrine niche. Bottom right: a close view of the golden statue and garlands. Gold ornaments, garlands and draped cloth fill the shrine.2011-03-032010 - Photo AlbumMadurai Aadheenam Persecution