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Large outdoor crowd bathing in a stepped sacred tank, with a black stone Shiva lingam on a circular pedestal at the centre, garlanded with orange and yellow flower chains and streams of water spraying from it. Hundreds of devotees wade in the water, many in white clothing, some in orange and red. On the right, an illuminated decorated float with orange and gold flower garlands carries figures in saffron robes, with a deity murti visible. A man in a grey shirt stands at the water's edge, and an ashram-style crowd lines the red terraced steps above, with trees and buildings behind.

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