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Outdoor photo at a temple garden of black stone shivalingams, many set in terracotta pots along a red-brick ledge, some draped with marigold and mixed flower garlands. A smiling woman in a white kurta and white trousers, barefoot, with a red-and-blue beaded mala around her neck and a name badge on her chest, holds a woven yellow basket containing a coconut. Behind a grey chain-link fence, a few distant figures move in the background, and a red boundary wall, trees and cloudy sky complete the scene.

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A photograph of an outdoor scene where a woman with curly reddish-brown hair, wearing a red, orange and purple patterned salwar kameez, leans over a silver chain-link fence and drops flower petals onto black stone shivalingams. A smiling woman with short dark curly hair in white clothes and a rudraksha-style mala stands at right holding a woven yellow basket containing flowers and a coconut. Several shivalingams sit on white cloth draped with garlands of red, yellow and white flowers, and a red boundary wall, trees and parked cars appear in the background under an overcast sky.2011-07-17July 17 20112011-07-17 +1 copiesJuly 17 20112011-07-17July 17 20112011-07-17 +1 copiesSeptember 19 20162016-09-19A smiling woman in white loose top and white trousers stands beside a fenced area of black stone lingams set on red-tiered platforms with potted plants. She holds a woven yellow basket containing a halved coconut and bananas, and a white-clad figure stands near a lingam wrapped with red and yellow flower garlands in the foreground. She wears a multi-coloured beaded mala necklace and a name badge. Outdoors under a cloudy sky with a red-walled building behind. Two other white-clad people appear in the background. No a person candidate is visible.2011-07-17A woman in white clothes with a white shawl draped over her shoulders pours liquid from a silver vessel over a dark stone shivalingam set in a yoni-shaped base during an abhishekam at an outdoor shrine. Milk and water flow over the lingam into a steel bucket below. Nearby stands a large black stone deity murti with a trident behind it, and red kumkum and flower petals lie around the base. A coconut and a green leaf sit as offerings on the ground. Several people in white and saffron garments stand and sit in the background under trees, watching the ritual.2005-12-31Outdoor temple scene at a black stone Shivalinga on a yoni-shaped base, being bathed with milk poured from a steel vessel by a woman in a white dress with grey-blonde hair in a ponytail and a flower garland. Behind her a seated figure in an orange robe and orange turban sits on a leopard-print cushion on a red mat, garlanded with flowers. Devotees in white clothes, some with red and white rudraksha-style malas, stand and sit under a banyan tree. A metal bowl catches the milk, with marigolds, a banana leaf and a lemon-like offering nearby. A trident stands to the right beside a dark stone deity figure with flower offerings. Abhishekam ritual at the shrine.2005-12-31Outdoor photo of a ritual abhishekam on rows of stone steps lined with black lingams on pedestals. A woman with long white hair, wearing a white garment and a rudraksha mala with a pendant, pours water from a brass vessel over a lingam. Other people in white dhotis and white clothes carry brass kalashas and pots along the steps. Red flags and a metal railing stand in the background, and a gold-bordered top is visible on the left.2016-09-19 +1 copiesA photograph of a small outdoor shrine area beside a water tank with a tiered stepped wall behind it. A woman with blonde hair, wearing a white top, a dark maroon-and-gold wrap and beaded necklaces, leans forward to place her hand on a black Shivalinga decorated with yellow marigold garlands. Coconuts, bananas and an orange sit in a woven basket and a white cloth on the platform in front. A man at left in saffron-orange robes holds a brass plate. Potted plants and small lingam-shaped stones line the edge, and a striped multicoloured cloth hangs at upper right.2011-12-25July 17 20112011-07-17 +1 copiesJuly 17 20112011-07-17 +1 copies