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February 19 20152015-02-19Outdoor ceremony at dusk on a raised platform reached by a metal staircase with railings. A seated figure with long swept-back hair wears rust-orange clothing, a long garland of white and yellow flowers, and gold bangles, seated before a silver tray. Beside them a figure in saffron-orange robes and a shaved head stands, and another shaved-headed person in an orange garment stands at the top of the stairs. A large grey dome-shaped object draped with a multicoloured flower garland of marigolds, roses and green leaves sits in the foreground. Below, rows of men in white dhotis and white shirts with rudraksha malas sit on red stairs, and a white-clad woman with a draped white shawl stands on the right. Palm trees, a red-roofed building, and string lights hang in the background.2015-02-19February 17 20152015-02-17February 17 20152015-02-17Outdoor ritual at a riverside ghat with red steps. A large grey stone lingam is wrapped in a long garland of marigolds and multicoloured flowers in red, yellow, green, purple and white. On a raised white metal platform at right, a man with long dark hair wears a white-and-orange robe, an orange shawl and a white floral garland, seated among offering plates. Around the steps, a dozen or so people in white dhotis and sacred threads sit with oil lamps and brass vessels in a puja. Yellow scaffolding, red buildings and a green bus sit in the background.2017-05-24February 19 20152015-02-19July 08 20132013-07-08July 08 20132013-07-08July 08 20132013-07-08July 01 20132013-07-01Outdoor photo of a large grey Shivalingam draped with a garland of purple, yellow, orange and white flowers, with a white silver-banded trim and a white cloth draped over its top. Water flows down its surface during abhishekam. Behind it, a metal staircase leads to a raised platform where several saffron-robed sannyasis stand, one pouring liquid from a vessel and another bare-chested devotee wearing rudraksha beads. Seated and standing devotees in white dhotis and shawls fill the stepped stone seating on the left, with scaffolding and a crane in the background.2015-02-17A large grey stone Shiva lingam draped with a multicolour flower garland of marigolds and red blooms sits in the foreground. Behind it on a raised white-railed platform a man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing a crown-like turban, rudraksha-style beads and a deep red-orange robe, sits cross-legged on a red cloth with brass items near him. Two other seated figures with bare upper bodies are beside him on the steps. Rows of seated people in white clothes fill the left side, and a golden tiered structure and orange flags appear in the background.2017-05-22