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February 02 20072007-02-02Outdoor photograph at a riverside-style festival site under a leafy tree. In the foreground, a man in orange robes with rudraksha malas and white forehead markings sits on a white cloth, one hand resting on a large dark grey shivalinga draped with a pink and white flower garland. To the right, a second performer with a tiger-striped cloth, blue dhoti, painted face, black hair, large earrings and a golden trident stands beside the lingam. Helmeted police or security personnel are visible at left among onlookers, and yellow bunting and umbrellas line the background. Shown in the scene: a shivalinga ritual with flower offerings. Two people are visible, and no legible name appears in the image.2007-02-02A photograph of a young person in orange-saffron cloth, bare-chested apart from a dark rudraksha-style beaded necklace and bands on the upper arm, standing on a float beside a black Shiva lingam decorated with a white flower garland and magenta flower garland. The person has long dark hair knotted on top, a white horizontal tilak on the forehead, and a dark wristband, and rests one hand on the lingam. Yellow triangular pennant flags and overhead power lines are visible against a clear blue sky, with a blue-and-white logo in the upper left corner.2007-02-02A shirtless man in saffron-orange dhoti sits cross-legged at a black stone shivalinga, pouring water over it with his right hand while his left hand rests on the top. He wears a dark rudraksha mala and a small pendant necklace, with a red tilak on his forehead and white ash streaks on his arms and chest. Behind him, rows of black stone lingams and brass kalashas stand on red-tiled steps.2017-08-14A large dark polished black stone lingam is draped with a long garland of red, orange, yellow, white, green and purple flowers. A man with long dark hair, a red bindi, a wrapped orange-saffron garment and gold-beaded mala necklaces stands on a white railing platform, holding a white offering bowl or shell near the lingam, performing abhishekam. Two shaved-headed priests in orange robes with white forehead markings stand nearby, and a woman in an orange sari stands at right. Red tiered steps and a red-roofed building with trees appear behind.2013-06-03July 01 20132013-07-01A photograph of an outdoor ritual at a shiva lingam on a black pedestal set among reddish rock beside a large banyan tree. A long-haired man in saffron-orange robes, with a tilak on his forehead, white painted markings on his arms and a rudraksha mala around his neck, leans forward to press both hands onto the dark stone lingam while bathing or anointing it. Pink flower petals lie in the basin, and a few onlookers in white and yellow shirts stand or sit behind him in the shade.2004-07-02June 10 20132013-06-10 +1 copiesJuly 02 20042004-07-02July 01 20132013-07-01September 11 20172017-09-11 +1 copiesJuly 22 20132013-07-22