Rudra Abishekam
February 27, 2008
The essence of the Shiva yagyas is the process called Abishekam where 11 different ingredients are poured over the Shiva lingam. The old stories are that because Shiva is the god of destruction, he is always hot and the different baths are cooling to him (at least symbolically).
The above photo shows the final shower of water being poured over the little Shiva lingam that is surrounded by flowers.