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December 28 2021

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A woman in a dark red sari with a matching red-brown shawl stands at the left, leaning over a small stone shrine, and holds a small oil lamp in her right hand over the Shiva lingam. The lingam is decorated with a garland of yellow marigold flowers and sits on a black stone base within a grey granite pillared canopy. She wears a rudraksha mala and a pendant, and has glasses and a bun. A grey block wall and greenery form the background. Visible text in the corner reads , which is ignored here. The scene is a devotee offering aarti at the lingam2021-12-28A woman in a rust-red sari and blouse with dark hair in a bun and a dark rudraksha-style bead necklace lights a brass oil lamp beside a grey granite shivalinga shrine with a pillared open canopy. A yellow marigold garland drapes over the shivalinga platform, and green trees and bushes surround the outdoor shrine.2021-12-28A woman in a rust-red saree with a gold border stands with her back to the camera, hands pressed together in anjali mudra before an outdoor granite shrine. Her neck is adorned with a rudraksha mala and she wears hoop earrings and glasses. Before her, a grey stone Shiva lingam on a yoni peetha is draped with a garland of yellow flowers, with granite pillars and green foliage behind. A small brass oil lamp sits on the stone platform. In the foreground, a black granite plaque carries an engraved oval portrait of an elderly bald man with a tilak, with Tamil inscription beneath. The visible woman is the only physical person; the engraved portrait is not a physical person.2021-12-28July 01 20142014-07-01A man in a brown and gold-bordered dhoti stands outdoors beside a carved stone pillar draped with yellow marigold garlands and a magenta flower. He holds a small oil lamp in one hand and a brass bell in the other, his neck adorned with red and gold flower garlands and a gold chain, and a white marking on his forearm. Palm trees and lush greenery surround the courtyard, with a dark stone base visible behind him. The scene suggests an aarti offering at a shrine.2013-10-05A photograph of a woman seated on the ground in a maroon and teal silk sari with gold border, wearing layered rudraksha malas and a dark bead necklace, with a white vibhuti line on her forehead. She holds a yellow flower and sits near a brass lamp and a bouquet of yellow and pink flowers, with incense smoke rising in front. Behind her, a person in an orange robe with rudraksha beads holds a ritual object. The woman looks off to the side with a calm expression. Her face is partially visible and no one in the frame is identified as the a person.2016-08-12August 12 20162016-08-12December 22 20092009-12-22A person in orange saffron robes bends forward at a dark stone shrine, head lowered and hands resting on its carved stone ledge in an act of reverence. A white-wrapped Shiva lingam and a stone nandi-style bull sit within the shrine, and a bangle and rudraksha mala are visible on the wrist and neck. Pink-walled temple architecture and scaffolding frame the background in a stone courtyard.2012-10-12August 17 20142014-08-17November 26 20142014-11-26May 29 20132013-05-29