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Outdoors in daylight, a large black stone Shiva lingam rises from a black pedestal in a water tank lined with red and white striped walls. Water jets spray upward around it, and a garland of flowers hangs down the lingam. Many people bathe and wade in the water around the lingam; some stand on the pedestal and tank edge, including a figure in white near the base. On the right, a group of people in white and saffron clothing gathers beside a decorated palanquin with flower garlands and an umbrella-like canopy. Trees, poles and bare ground surround the tank.

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