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Dusk view of a large black linga monument in the middle of a water pool, with several water jets rising around it. The linga is decorated with a garland of green leaves and yellow-orange flowers at its base, and a band of striped red, white and orange is painted along the pool edge. Tiered stone steps on the right and left hold a large audience of people dressed mostly in white, seated and standing. Lights are strung along the steps and pool edge, and a partially built multi-spired structure with many small spires stands in the background under a purple evening sky. No individual person is clearly a identifiable candidate for a person in this view.

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Dusk photograph of a large black Shiva linga on a tiered black peetha, decorated with a yellow-and-green floral garland and flower festoons, standing in a shallow water pool. Several fountain jets arc upward around it. Behind, rows of seated devotees in white clothes fill stone steps and a bank at the left, with an unfinished concrete building topped by many spires behind them and floodlights on either side. Strips of lamps line the pool edges. No individual person is clearly identifiable in the foreground; the crowd is seated in the background.2010-02-12Photograph at dusk of a huge black Shiva linga standing in shallow water, wrapped with bands of marigold-style garlands in yellow and orange, with a silver-toned yoni-like base and a silver band on the shaft. Water jets rise around it. Behind, a tiered stone ghat with rows of oil lamps lit along the steps is crowded with white-clad devotees. On the right, a group of men in white dhotis stand in the water near a decorated palanquin-style platform holding a deity murti, with saffron-robed attendants on the steps. A row of unfinished concrete building columns rises in the background under a purple evening sky.2010-02-12December 30 20102010-12-30A large black Shiva linga stands on a yoni-shaped pedestal in an open outdoor basin, with water streaming down its surface. The linga and base are garlanded with bands of marigold and mixed flowers in orange, purple, white and green. Water jets spray around the base. Behind, a line of people in white clothes stands along red-and-white tiered seating beside a fence, with a pale pink sky above. The scene resembles a linga abhishekam performed before onlookers.2010-02-12A large black stone linga with a water-fall abhishekam pouring over it stands on a shallow water basin in an open-air arena with red tiered seating. The linga is garlanded with multicoloured flower strands in yellow, orange, purple and white, and a flower garland circles its yoni-peetha base. Water jets arc outward from the linga. Behind the arena, a large crowd of devotees stands along a railing under a pale evening sky, with a floodlight visible. The scene reads as a Mahashivratri-style linga abhishekam.2010-02-12Night photograph of a large black Shiva lingam set in a water tank, with water jets rising around it in a fountain-like arc. The lingam is draped with garlands and a yellow-and-white decorative cloth, and a metal staircase leads up its side. Striped red-and-white borders line the base. Rows of people in white clothes sit on tiered red steps along the tank, with strings of coloured lights overhead and floodlights at right. No individual is identifiable as a person.2010-12-30November 23 20102010-11-23Night photograph of a large black stone Shivalingam standing in a shallow pool, with water jets arching over it from behind. Garlands of yellow and green flowers drape the lingam's base and sides. The stone rests on a platform with red and white striped edging. Red-brick steps rise on the left, where a group of people in white clothing sit and stand. Strings of small lights run across the scene and bright floodlights illuminate the right side.2010-12-30Dusk photograph of a large black Shiva linga standing on a raised platform in the middle of a rectangular reflecting pool, decorated with a yellow-and-gold garland band, with a water fountain jetting up behind it. Tiered red-brick steps on both sides of the pool are filled with many people in white clothing, watching the event under floodlights, with a building silhouette in the background and a purple evening sky.2010-02-12November 23 20102010-11-23November 23 20102010-11-23A large black lingam stands on a black yoni-peetha base at night, draped with garlands of yellow, orange and white flowers and a white and red bead-like garland band. Water sprays in tall arcs over and around the lingam from fountains, with the water flowing down its surface. Behind it, tiered stands are filled with spectators, and rows of small lamps glow along the lower steps. The base has red and white striped edging. A few small figures in white stand at the sides near the water, and a crowd is seated in the background.2010-02-12