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Night photograph of a large black Shiva lingam with white horizontal tripundra bands and a garland of white and maroon flowers draped down its side. A figure in orange-brown robes stands on a metal scaffold platform atop the lingam, holding a lit flame aloft, with smoke rising into the dark sky. Another person stands on the metal staircase to the left, and oil lamps glow on the shelves of the structure. Lit lamps sit at the base of the lingam's circular stone yoni pedestal, and a few people are partially visible at the bottom edge. The setting suggests a night abhishekam ritual.

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