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Women sit on red-tiered stone steps lined with black Shivalingam stones and brass lamps, lighting small oil lamps as part of a Karthigai Deepam-style lamp offering. The central woman wears a white kurta with red and gold embroidery, white churidar pants and a white shawl, holding a flame and a small lamp. Beside her a woman in a blue kurta and black leggings lights a lamp, and a woman in a red and green striped sari tends a flame at upper right. Two women in white and a woman in a pink sari and mauve top sit nearby, with additional brass lamps and incense smoke rising. No a person candidate is visible.

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Women seated on red-tiered temple steps at night, each holding a small lit oil lamp or diya with orange flames. Behind them stand rows of brass lamps and dark stone shivalingam-shaped pedestals. Several women wear saris in pink, orange, green and striped colours, and one in a white kurta with red-and-green shawl and a red beaded mala sits centrally, lighting her lamp. A woman in a blue kurta wearing glasses lights a lamp at right, and a woman in a dark top and red scarf sits at left. Two more women are partly visible at the lower edge.2016-12-12A photograph of many devotees seated on red-painted tiered steps at night, each holding a small lit oil lamp in both hands during a deepam lamp ceremony. Dark black stone shivalingam-style bases with brass pots and vessels sit on each step. Several women wear saris, kurtas and salwar in blues, greens, purple and orange, while others wear white ritual clothes with red-and-white mala beads. A man in the foreground wears a red shawl over white clothes, and a shaved-headed man in orange-red wraps sits at lower right. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person in this crowd, so no candidate is marked in the appearance field.2016-12-12December 12 20162016-12-12Night photograph of many participants seated on tiered red steps at an outdoor ritual, each beside a black stone Shivalingam and a brass vessel with lit oil lamps. Many women wear white, saffron-orange, green and pink saris or salwar kameez, with rudraksha malas on several necks. A few men sit bare-chested with orange shawls and malas. Participants sit cross-legged, some with hands folded or holding offerings, while flames flicker across the scene and a fence and purple lighting show behind them. The setting suggests a Rudra Abhishekam gathering, with the Shivalingams and lamps as the central ritual objects. No single figure can be identified as a person from this view.2016-12-09Devotees sit on tiered red steps at night, each with brass pots and oil lamps arranged on black stone shivalinga-style pedestals. A bearded man with long hair and bare torso sits at left, lighting a wick. A young man in white dhoti with rudraksha mala and folded hands sits centre, and a woman in red skirt and yellow blouse with a mala sits at right with palms pressed together. A man in white dhoti and rudraksha mala at right folds his hands, and a woman in a green saree sits at far left. A red flag stands at the left edge.2016-12-12December 11 20162016-12-11 +1 copiesNight-time ritual photo on stone steps of a riverbank ghat, with rows of devotees pouring water over black stone Shivalingams. In the foreground a woman in white kurta and blue floral trousers, with a red-and-gold shawl, pours from a brass vessel with a long spout over a dark lingam; a woman in a maroon top beside her does the same. A woman in a dark green jacket and white dhoti-style garment and another in white with a red cord also pour from brass spouted vessels. Brass bowls and small lamps sit on the steps, and many other people in white ritual clothes sit behind them under string lights. Scene is abhishekam at a lingam.2016-12-11 +1 copiesOutdoor photograph of many devotees seated in rows on red-brick ghat steps at a riverside ritual, each beside a dark stone shivalinga-style pedestal with brass pots and oil lamps. Many hold tall golden-yellow ritual horns to their mouths or lay them on the steps. A woman in center-right wears a white top and black trousers with rudraksha beads and palms pressed together. Other participants wear white kurtas, saffron-pink saris and dark tops; a bare-chested sadhu with long matted hair and white dhoti sits at lower left. A red flag stands at lower center.2016-12-18March 07 20162016-03-07Women devotees sit in rows on red tiered steps lined with black stone shivalinga pieces, performing a Shiva puja during a Mahashivaratri observance. The foreground woman on the right has long dreadlocked hair, a vibhuti mark on her forehead, a green beaded necklace and a white and gold-bordered shawl, with her palms pressed together. Beside her a woman in a white sari with a gold border holds her hands in anjali, and others in white, pink and yellow saris sit with eyes closed or hands folded. Several shivalinga lie on the steps and a brass vessel sits in the background, with trees and railings beyond.2016-03-07December 17 20162016-12-17Outdoor Maheshwara Puja on red stone steps with a chain-link fence and red cloth behind. Many participants sit in rows on the steps, beside black Shivalingam-shaped stone forms and small brass bowls and lamps. Several men are bare-chested with rudraksha malas and white dhotis, one wearing an orange cloth, and some women wear saris and kurtas. Participants hold small ritual items and sip or offer from vessels. No clearly identifiable central figure appears in the frame, so no a person candidate is marked.2016-12-18