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A photograph of a man in white clothing with folded hands raised in namaskar, eyes closed, standing behind a large dark grey dome-shaped stone. The stone is draped with a garland of red roses, white flowers, yellow marigolds and green leaves. He wears a rudraksha-style beaded necklace with a gold pendant, and a horizontal tilak is visible on his forehead. Metal railings and a staircase frame the sides of the scene against a plain white sky. Behind the stone, a bronze lamp or kalasha-like object is partly visible at right.

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A shaved-headed man in a reddish-brown wrap stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, head bowed in prayer, beside a large smooth dark black stone sphere. He wears a layered rudraksha mala and gold beaded necklaces, with red and yellow flower garlands draped over his shoulders and arms, and gold bangles on his wrists. A long multicolour garland of red, yellow, purple, green and white flowers hangs over the top of the sphere. Behind him are a red-roofed building, a low white railing and a pile of grey stones. The appearance is not enough to confirm the a person candidate, so the figure is described by role as a devotee at the shivalingam-style stone in prayer.2013-06-03A bare-chested man with long dark hair tied up stands at a white metal railing with hands pressed together in namaskar, eyes closed, in prayer. He wears a saffron-brown shawl over the shoulders, a rudraksha-style brown bead mala, bangles and a white dhoti, with white ash markings on his forehead and arms. In front of him is a large grey stone linga-like form draped with a garland of yellow marigolds with red and green accents. A clay pot, a bundle of sticks and flower offerings sit on the platform.2016-12-02A photograph of a large dark stone lingam wrapped in a multicoloured flower garland of red, yellow, green, purple and white blooms, set against a pale sky. Behind it, on a raised platform reached by a metal staircase with railings, a man with long dark hair and a beard sits with palms pressed together at his chest, wearing an orange-brown cloth, a white flower garland and bangles. Two people in orange robes stand on the stairs beside him, one holding a metal vessel. This appears to be a puja performed at the lingam. a person: the seated man has long swept-back hair, a beard, a white garland and an orange-brown cloth, cues consistent with the page's attribution.2017-05-24July 31 20172017-07-31 +1 copiesJune 03 20132013-06-03July 31 20172017-07-31Outdoor photograph of two men performing a ritual atop a large dark grey stone dome-shaped object, its top ringed with a garland of red roses, yellow and white flowers and green leaves. The man on the left, bare-chested with long dark matted hair, a rudraksha mala and a gold pendant necklace, has white horizontal tilak markings on his forehead and arms and sits with eyes lowered. Beside him a younger man with short dark hair, white forehead marks and an orange cloth draped over his shoulder also leans forward over the stone. A metal railing frames the structure against a pale sky with a blurred steel framework behind. The scene suggests a sacred abhishekam or puja over a stone object.2017-07-17December 02 20162016-12-02A photograph of a shaved-headed man with white tripundra marks on his forehead and arms, bare-chested except for a rudraksha mala across his shoulders, standing behind a large grey stone dome-shaped object draped with garlands of red roses, yellow marigolds and white flowers with green leaves. He stands with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, eyes closed, in an open-air setting with a pale sky, metal railings and stairs on either side. The stone object resembles a shivalinga-style base being honoured with flower garlands.2017-07-17December 02 20162016-12-02A photograph of a man standing at a metal railing beside a large dark grey dome-shaped object decorated with flowers in red, white and purple. He has long dark hair, a red bindi and gold earrings, and presses his palms together in anjali mudra with eyes lowered. He wears an orange-brown garment and layered garlands of red, white and yellow flowers, with a large gold pendant necklace. Behind him a second man in white with a shaved head and white tilak stands slightly out of focus, holding a metal vessel. Background is a plain pale sky.2013-06-24A photo of an outdoor abhishekam on a large black dome-shaped lingam decorated with a garland of red, yellow, white and green flowers. A bare-chested priest in the centre pours liquid from a silver vessel over the stone, a rudraksha mala on his wrist and a beaded necklace around his neck. Two assistants in orange cloth and bare upper bodies stand on either side on a metal platform, one with a white stripe of sacred ash on his chest. Behind them is a yellow-roofed building under a pale sky, and a single pink petal lies on the stone.2017-07-31