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Outdoor photo of a large seated figure. The figure wears an orange turban with a white forehead trident mark, a rudraksha-style black bead mala and a green pendant, decorated with white and yellow flower garlands. A white and gold-bordered cloth covers the platform. In front stand a small deity murti with a red flower garland and a brass lamp. Background shows a hillside, a metal shed, parked car and several people walking.

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December 08 20112011-12-08December 08 20112011-12-08December 08 20112011-12-08Outdoor photo of a large ceremonial gathering on an open paved ground with a rocky hill behind and containers and trees at the sides. In the centre stands a decorated deity murti or statue draped with a white cloth bordered in orange, wearing a red head covering, white necklaces and a thick garland of yellow and orange flowers, with a small kalasha and offerings at its base. Rows of seated devotees in white clothing with red-and-white headwear fill the ground on both sides, with many more standing at the edges. Cloudy white sky overhead.2011-12-08December 19 20112011-12-19Outdoor photo of a large field filled with hundreds of white-draped Shivalingams arranged in rows before a hill. In the foreground a central lingam is adorned with a red and white cloth, a garland of yellow and orange flowers, and a rudraksha-style necklace, with a small brass lamp and flower offering in front. Shipping containers stand behind the lingams and a few distant figures in white and colourful clothing are visible at the edges. No identifiable person is shown in the foreground; the central figure is a lingam, not a person. Overcast sky above a green wooded hill.2011-12-08November 10 20112011-11-10January 08 20102010-01-08December 08 20112011-12-08A large seated statue of a figure in an orange-and-red turban and ornate necklaces sits on a raised platform draped with a pink and gold cloth, garlanded with yellow and red flower chains. Before it are a smaller orange-robed figurine and a red-draped small figure with a necklace on a pedestal. Hundreds of black Shivalinga stones fill the courtyard around the platform, with orange shipping-container style structures and a wooded hill behind. No living people are clearly visible in the foreground.2012-10-13A photograph of a decorated Shiva murti seated on a white-draped platform outdoors in front of a forested hill. The deity has an orange cloth draped over its head and a face adorned with a Shiva tripundra mark, a red bindi, silver necklaces and a rudraksha mala. A thick garland of yellow, pink, purple and red flowers with green leaves surrounds the figure, with a white jasmine garland across the chest. Rows of black Shivalingams with white cloth are lined up behind, and a woman in a teal and white sari walks past. Shipping containers and a corrugated-roof building sit in the background.2012-01-08A large open ground filled with rows of black stone Shiva lingams, many topped with red flowers, set before a hill covered in trees. In the centre a single large lingam is draped in an orange cloth with a yellow and red marigold garland and a white and gold ceremonial shawl, with a pearl necklace and a small pendant at its base. Behind it sits a low orange-roofed building with white pillars. A few people in white dhotis and a figure in pink are scattered among the lingams, some bending down, and a white tank stands at the right edge.2011-11-10