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A large outdoor Shiva lingam is being bathed with water at a riverside ghat during a ritual. The lingam is draped with a long garland of marigolds and striped flower strands in orange, yellow, white and maroon, and wrapped with a decorative band. It sits on a raised platform decorated with colourful patterned fabric and orange marigold garlands. To the right, several people in saffron and orange robes stand on a metal staircase and platform, one holding a vessel, while white-clad devotees sit on the red stone steps at left. A construction crane and scaffolding appear in the hazy background.

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