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Night photograph of a large outdoor ritual field with rows upon rows of black stone Shivalingams, each draped with white cloth and garlanded with yellow and maroon flower strands. In the foreground a silver kalasha-style vessel and a silver pot sit on a low platform among scattered white and pink flower petals, with a silver plate and small offering bowls nearby. Ritual attendants in white dhotis are visible at the far edge near a lit building with white pillars and ceiling lights. The scene is a mass abhishekam-style puja of many lingams, with no clearly identifiable individual portrait in the frame.

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