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Photograph of a Rudra Abhishekam ritual at night on tiered red steps lined with black stone Shivalinga and brass vessels, many with small oil lamps lit. Devotees sit in rows: a woman in a blue patterned top and red dress presses her palms together in prayer, a woman in a grey top sits near a bare-chested man with a rudraksha mala and white dhoti, a woman in a blue and yellow top sits with her head bowed, and a woman draped in a striped shawl with a tilak on her forehead prepares offerings. Several bare-chested men in the background wear malas and red or green cloth. A small lamp and brass pots sit before the stones.

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December 11 20162016-12-11 +1 copiesDecember 17 20162016-12-17Night ritual on a tiered red stone stepped platform lined with black Shiva lingams and brass lamps, many lit with small flames. Devotees sit in rows with palms pressed together in prayer. Bare-chested men wear white dhotis, and women wear white or coloured saris, one in a yellow and blue sari, another in a green and yellow sari. The scene suggests a lamp or lingam-centred puja. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance, so no candidate is named here.2016-12-23December 11 20162016-12-11 +1 copiesDecember 23 20162016-12-23December 19 20162016-12-19December 14 20162016-12-14December 05 20162016-12-05December 16 20162016-12-16December 12 20162016-12-12Outdoor photograph of many devotees seated in rows on red-brick ghat steps at a riverside ritual, each beside a dark stone shivalinga-style pedestal with brass pots and oil lamps. Many hold tall golden-yellow ritual horns to their mouths or lay them on the steps. A woman in center-right wears a white top and black trousers with rudraksha beads and palms pressed together. Other participants wear white kurtas, saffron-pink saris and dark tops; a bare-chested sadhu with long matted hair and white dhoti sits at lower left. A red flag stands at lower center.2016-12-18December 11 20162016-12-11 +1 copies