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Outdoor scene on red stone ghat steps with black stone shivalingams on pedestals and brass vessels. A bare-chested man with glasses and a blue-and-white scarf, wearing rudraksha beads, sits and raises one hand. Beside him a bare-chested young man with short hair and a rudraksha mala sits with his arm raised, a tilak on his forehead. On the right an older bare-chested man in white dhoti sits with hands together. A young girl in pink and grey sits near the steps, and women in red and yellow saris are partly visible in the foreground, along with brass bowls and a small deity figure on the step.

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December 16 20162016-12-16December 16 20162016-12-16December 16 20162016-12-16December 16 20162016-12-16Devotees seated on red-brick temple steps perform a night ritual at small black stone Shiva lingas with brass kalashas and bowls. A shaved-headed man in the centre wears white dhoti, bare torso, rudraksha mala and white vibhuti, holding a small brass lamp and bell. Nearby, a bare-chested man with a rudraksha mala and white markings, a woman in white with a red rudraksha mala, and a woman in a black head covering with white markings sit among offerings and oil lamps. A brass pot and plate with flowers and lamps lie in front. Several other people are partly visible at the frame edges, with a Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam sign behind.2016-12-12Outdoor photo of a group seated on red stone steps beside rows of black stone shivalinga pedestals with brass vessels and offerings. In the centre, a shirtless young man with a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged with hands at his chest. Nearby, a bare-chested man in white dhoti and a shirtless man at right have hands folded at the chest. A woman in a navy hoodie and a woman in a yellow sari sit among devotees, and a child in pink sits to the right. Several other participants and brass bowls fill the frame.2016-12-16December 19 20162016-12-19December 03 20162016-12-03December 15 20162016-12-15December 19 20162016-12-19December 19 20162016-12-19Outdoor ritual on red brick steps lined with black stone shivalinga-style pedestals and brass pots and vessels. Several devotees sit on the steps in prayer, palms pressed together. A bare-chested man in white dhoti and rudraksha mala sits at center right, hands folded, and a bare-chested man with a white dhoti and mala at left gestures with raised hands. A woman in an orange and grey sari with a red-marked forehead sits near the bottom center. Women in saris and western clothes sit among them, and a red-and-orange flag is visible at the lower left. Brass lamps and offerings are arranged on the steps. No identifiable a person figure is clearly present; the central figures are identified only by role.2016-12-19