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December 31 20082008-12-31December 31 20082008-12-31Close photograph of a dark stone Shiva lingam being bathed in white milk during abhishekam. Milk pours over the carved stone base and runs down its fluted surfaces. A bare forearm in a white sleeve holds a brass pot or vessel and pours milk over the stone. No faces are visible, and no one is identifiable.2007-09-24December 31 20082008-12-31December 31 20082008-12-31A close view of a milk abhishekam on a black stone shivalinga set on a dark stone yoni-peetha base. A person in a white garment pours milk from a white vessel over the linga while a stream of liquid falls onto a small brass figure and a tiered brass stand. Behind, a figure in a red and gold sari with yellow and green garments and garlands of yellow and purple flowers is seated near a blue cloth. The scene is a temple ritual.2009-12-28A temple abhishekam at a large black stone Shivalinga on a lotus-shaped peetha, with water being poured over it from a brass kalasha held by a woman in a white sari with a red-and-gold border. Beside her, a woman in an orange shawl pours water from a brass vessel, and a woman in white with a gold border holds a brass pot. A brass oil lamp stands at right, and yellow and orange marigold garlands hang nearby. Several women stand under a stone temple roof with scattered petals on the floor.2008-12-31A man in white ritual clothes with a yellow shawl and a gold bead necklace with a pendant pours water from a silver vessel over a dark stone Shiva lingam on a carved stone yoni-peetha base. A brass oil lamp stands on the right, with a gilded deity figure and a red railing behind. The man has a shaved head and a tilak on his forehead. The setting is an open-air temple shrine with carved stone ceiling brackets.2009-12-28Close-up photograph of a white liquid. The carved stone has weathered green-brown staining, and a relief of floral and foliate motifs runs down the wall beside it.2009-12-16December 31 20082008-12-31Close photograph of an abhishekam in progress: water pours in a thick stream over a dark stone linga and yoni base, splashing outward across the basin. Two people in white dhoti-style garments with red silk skirts and gold-bordered cloth stand behind, partially visible from the waist down, one with ornate gold-and-beaded armband. A small gold-and-red deity murti stands at the front of the basin. Garlands of red, yellow and white flowers frame the right side.2016-03-07A temple abhishekam scene at a black stone Shivalinga on a lotus-shaped peetha, with water streaming down over it and pooling in a stone channel in the foreground. A bald man in a white dhoti and white shirt with a rudraksha mala and a tag pours water from a brass vessel over the linga. Another man in a white shirt and yellow shawl, wearing glasses, holds a brass pot beside it. A woman in a blue sari stands behind the linga. Tall brass oil lamps and a brass kalasha stand at left, and an orange cloth hangs at the right edge.2010-01-17