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Aerial photograph of an outdoor temple tank with a large black Shiva linga on a square platform in the centre, decorated with a coloured garland band and water jets rising around it. Tiered red-orange stone steps line the sides of the tank, and dense crowds of devotees in white and colourful clothes fill the stands on the right. Several people in white dhotis and shirts stand along the edge of the tank and on the dirt path, with a few women in pink and green saris nearby and a flower-decorated offering tray at the bottom left. Palm trees and pine trees surround the grounds, and parked cars line the right edge.

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July 26 20102010-07-26July 26 20102010-07-26July 26 20102010-07-26October 17 20102010-10-17Dusk view of a large tiered red-stepped amphitheatre around a rectangular water tank. At the centre stands a tall black Shivalinga on a platform, garlanded with yellow and orange flower strands, with water jets spraying around it. Around 30 people are visible, some bathing or standing waist-deep in the water near the lingam and others seated on the steps in white clothes. Floodlights and tall trees frame the site at dusk.2010-07-26July 01 20132013-07-01Photograph of a large outdoor sunken pool with red-tiered stone steps at dusk, where a large black Shivalinga stands on a platform in the water, draped with orange and red flower garlands and a decorated cloth, with a fountain spraying behind it. Many people in white clothes stand and bathe in the shallow water around the lingam, some with brass vessels and offerings on a tray. Onlookers in saris, kurtas and shirts line the top steps and the pool edge, and an unfinished multi-storey concrete building with spires rises in the background.2010-07-26Outdoor photograph of a large black Shiva lingam set on a stone platform in the middle of a rectangular green water tank with red-and-white striped stepped walls. Several people in white clothes stand on the platform and near the lingam, one in orange near the top, and a person bathes in the water at its base. Crowds in white and orange clothing sit along the striped steps and gather at the far bank under trees, with orange-and-white bunting strung across the site. Clear sky above. Event: Jayanti Brahmotsavam 2009 in the KAILASA archive.2009-01-02A large black linga stands on a square platform in the middle of a rectangular reflecting pool, with water jets spraying up around it. The linga is decorated with a band of colourful flower garlands near its base. Red-tiered stone steps on the left side of the pool hold a crowd of people, many dressed in white and some in orange or coloured saris, seated and standing in clusters. Unfinished concrete buildings with rebar rise in the background under a hazy white sky.2010-02-12A photograph of an outdoor temple tank with red-brown stepped sides and a large black stone Shivalinga rising from a platform in the centre of the water. Devotees stand along the steps and some wade in the water near the linga. Several men wear white dhotis and shirts, one wears an orange garment, and a man in an orange cloth stands at the water's edge near the front. Palm trees, a clear blue sky and a distant fenced area frame the scene. Rows of small black lingas line the outer steps on the right.2010-01-01January 02 20092009-01-02Outdoor photograph of a large rectangular tank with red-tiered stone steps at Bidadi, where a tall black Shiva lingam with a water fountain stands in the centre, garlanded with yellow and orange flowers. Dozens of people in white ritual clothing wade and bathe in the water around a flower-decorated palanquin with an orange canopy, while others stand along the steps and walkways watching. A few women wear saffron and yellow saris, and a figure in orange appears near the palanquin. Unfinished concrete buildings and trees frame the background under an evening sky.2010-07-26