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A large black Shiva lingam rises from a pool of water beside a red and white striped wall, with a rainbow arc in the spray of water. A golden palanquin with a gilded canopy sits on a raised platform in the water, decorated with orange and yellow marigold garlands and a red cushion. Several people in saffron and orange robes stand around it, one in saffron holding the canopy. A man in white dhoti and shirt stands near the lingam, and a man in saffron robes stands at its base. Many children in the water, some splashing and holding balloons and garlands. Orange pennants are strung across the background. The person in the centre, seated on the palanquin, is wearing orange robes and a garland and may be a person in a seated position, but that appearance is uncertain.

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Outdoor temple scene beside a large black polished Shivalingam rising from a circular basin of water, with water spraying from its top and a rainbow arcing through the mist. A seated figure on a gold ornate throne with red cushion, wearing an orange robe and a white flower garland, is carried or attended by people in orange and saffron robes who hold the throne and a golden parasol overhead. Standing in the water and on the platform are people in white dhotis and orange robes, and in the foreground devotees in white and yellow clothing crowd the water's edge beside marigold offerings, a brass plate of flowers and balloons. Strings of orange and white flags and bunting cross a blue sky. a person: the seated figure on the throne in orange with long dark hair and beard and a flower garland, presiding over the abhishekam ceremony.2009-01-02January 02 20092009-01-02January 02 20092009-01-02A large black stone Shivalinga rises from a water tank at an outdoor ritual site, garlanded with bright flower strands and sprayed by jets of water. Devotees in white dhotis and white shirts stand in the water and along the stepped red-and-white embankments, several wading around a flower-decorated wooden raft with colourful balloons. A man in a saffron-orange garment stands at the base of the linga near a golden umbrella, while others in white clothes tend to the raft and offerings. Blue sky, bunting strung across the grounds and a distant crowd complete the scene.2009-01-02January 02 20092009-01-02A large black linga stands in a water tank beside a chariot-like golden throne, while a seated figure in saffron robes and a flower garland receives abhishekam. Several saffron-robed attendants in orange clothing hold a golden umbrella and support the seat, and devotees in white stand waist-deep in the water around a flower-covered platform with marigolds and yellow flowers. Water sprays from the top of the linga, forming a small rainbow. Striped red and white steps line the tank, with orange bunting strung overhead and balloons at the left edge.2009-01-02January 02 20092009-01-02A photograph of a water-filled pool at an outdoor ritual event. A large black stone Shivling rises from the water on a tiered base, with marigold and flower garlands hung on its shaft and a rainbow arcing through the spray of a fountain beside it. In the foreground, a golden throne-style seat sits on a raised platform decorated with yellow marigold garlands, orange and yellow balloons and a golden umbrella. A person in an orange robe sits on the throne, flanked by attendants in saffron and orange robes, one wearing a flower garland. A man in white dhoti walks near the Shivling, and a woman in an orange sari stands in the water beside it. Devotees in white and orange clothing are in the water and at the platform edge, while a row of people in white robes stands on the far bank beneath strings of orange festival flags.2009-01-02January 02 20092009-01-02January 02 20092009-01-02January 02 20092009-01-02A large black stone Shivalinga rises from a yoni-shaped pedestal set on a floating platform in a water tank, with water jets spraying on either side. Garlands of yellow, orange and white flowers wrap the linga and the pedestal. Devotees in white clothes stand in the water and push a decorated raft of flower garlands and red and white cloth toward the linga, while others in white stand along the striped red-and-white edge of the tank under a row of orange bunting. A figure in orange and a figure in white stand near the linga on the platform. Ritual bathing or abhishekam appears to be underway, with coloured balloons floating at the right edge.2009-01-02