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Night-time outdoor ritual on a paved court lit by rows of oil lamps. Rows of black stone Shivalinga-style forms draped in white cloth with yellow and red-green garlands sit along the left side, one topped with a red and white turban-like cloth. At the right, a woman in an orange sari stands beside a tray of lit lamps, and a woman in a beige top kneels at the front, arranging lamps on the ground. Many white-clad people sit in the background behind a blue rope barrier, with strings of small red lights and tall white pillars beyond.

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Night outdoor gathering at a temple-style ground, with a large crowd of devotees seated on the bare ground in rows facing a raised white platform on the left. Many people wear white dhotis and shirts, while women wear saris in orange, red, and pink. Several people sit with palms pressed together in prayer. In the foreground, a long metal table holds rows of small clay oil lamps burning with flickering flames, and more lamps are scattered across the platform. A string of small lights runs along the back, and a white pillar stands at the left edge. A lone figure in white sits on the platform near the pillars.2011-04-17Night outdoor ritual at Tiruvannamalai. In the foreground, many black lingam-shaped stones are dressed in white cloth with red-and-gold borders and yellow-and-red flower garlands, arranged on a white floor. Behind them, a seated figure in a white turban and white cloth sits at the front, and a younger man in white dhoti with a red-striped cloth sits nearby. Oil lamps flicker on the ground to the right, and a large crowd of seated and standing people in white clothes and colourful saris fills the background. A tall white pillar stands at left and a string of small orange lights runs along the back under street lamps.2011-04-17Night outdoor ritual photograph on a flat open ground lit by tall white floodlight poles and a string of small lights along the far edge. On the left, a large seated crowd sits on woven mats, many in white clothes. Standing in front of them, a priest in a white dhoti and yellow shawl holds a brass lamp and a small bell-like vessel, with brass oil lamps and a small brass stand on the mat beside him. Three more standing men in white dhotis and yellow shawls, and an orange-robed figure with a flame, continue the line of ritual offerings toward the right. On the right, rows of white-covered chairs face a raised paved path. Crowd size is not clear in the dark, so it is described only as a sizeable crowd.2008-10-19April 17 20112011-04-17April 17 20112011-04-17April 17 20112011-04-17April 17 20112011-04-17A night photograph of a large outdoor ritual field filled with rows of black Shiva lingams, each draped in white cloth with coloured borders, many topped with flower garlands. In the foreground, hundreds of small clay oil lamps with flickering flames line the stone steps and ground. Standing devotees are visible in the far background beneath festive lights, and the scene reads as a mass abhishekam or lingam puja arrangement. No identifiable person is shown in the foreground.2009-08-05April 17 20112011-04-17August 03 20092009-08-03August 05 20092009-08-05Night outdoor ritual at a large open ground lit by street lamps and a string of small lights. Two white-clad priests stand on a mat near a flaming oil lamp (deepa) and brass vessels, one holding a small brass vessel, with a row of white pillars and offering trays on a raised platform at left. A large crowd of seated devotees fills the foreground and right side, mostly in white and light clothing.2011-04-17