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Night photograph of a large dark black Shiva lingam on a circular stone base, with white-painted horizontal tripundra bands and a white disc marking on its face. A white metal staircase with railings climbs to its top, where a figure in red and gold-toned attire stands beside the lingam, with a garland of white and red flowers draped over the top. Near the base, a striped canopy umbrella with coloured tassels in red, yellow, green, blue and white stands on a gold pole. Dark sky behind, with a string of lights at the lower right.

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