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Outdoor photo of a large Shiva lingam set in a rectangular water tank with red-and-white tiered stone seating. Dozens of seated devotees in white clothes sit on the steps and terraces around the pool, many in white, some in orange or pink. A tall figure in orange robes stands on a ladder-like staircase beside the lingam. Unfinished concrete building and trees in the background.

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Devotees in white ritual clothes sit on tiered stone steps beside a large rectangular tank of still water, facing a tall black Shivling on a raised platform at the far end. Many wear saffron or orange stoles and sit on blue mats, while a few wear red or green. A metal staircase leads down to the water, and red-tiered stadium seating rises behind the pool under a palm-lined sky. A woman in front, with short grey hair and an orange stole, sits with her hands clasped near her chin. No person in the scene is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance; the audience is seated in a satsang-style gathering.2010-12-02December 02 20102010-12-02A large outdoor amphitheatre-style tank with a tall dark grey Shiva linga rising from a square platform in the water, reached by a metal staircase. Rows of people in white clothes sit on the stone steps and blue mats around the tank, facing the linga. Some wear orange shawls and one person in a red top sits in the foreground. Red-tiered stadium seating and palm trees surround the water under an overcast sky.2010-12-02December 02 20102010-12-02Outdoor photo of a large black linga on a square platform in the middle of a water-filled tiered stone amphitheatre with red-painted steps. Several people in white clothes ascend a red-railed staircase toward the linga, and a man in saffron and white stands near its top. At the water's edge in the foreground, a group in white and yellow sit on steps beside round brass or steel plates and bowls of offerings, with a yellow flower pile. Grey clouds, green trees and an unfinished building with scaffolding frame the scene.2010-10-22 +1 copiesElevated photo of a large sunken rectangular pool with a dark grey Shiva lingam on a raised white-and-red striped plinth in its centre, reached by a metal staircase. Tiered red-painted stone seating surrounds the water. Dozens of devotees in white ritual clothes and some in orange and green saris sit on the steps facing the lingam, with orange shawls spread on the stone. A figure in orange robes stands on the staircase near the lingam. Palm trees and flat fields lie beyond the enclosure.2010-12-02November 04 20132013-11-04October 17 20102010-10-17A large outdoor amphitheatre with red brick tiered terraces holds a sunken square water pool at its centre. A large black stone Shivalinga on a square plinth rises from the water, with a robed figure in white and orange standing beside its base. Behind, a red multi-storey building and trees stand under an overcast sky. In the foreground, a crowd of devotees in white clothes sits on the steps, seen from behind, and many more in white are seated on the terraces to the left.2013-07-012010-10-Aug-08 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of a large black stone Shivalinga on a striped red-and-white pedestal rising from a reflecting water pool, with red tiered steps at left where a crowd of people in white clothing sits and stands in rows, a metal staircase leading up toward the linga and a building with spires behind under a pale evening sky. The people sit mostly in white garments, some in saffron-toned clothing, and their reflections appear in the still water.2010-12-02A large black Shiva linga stands in the middle of a rectangular water tank surrounded by tiered red seating steps. A metal staircase railing leads down into the water, and several people in white clothes climb or stand along it, with one figure in orange-red robes near the top of the linga platform. On the stone steps in the foreground, women in white saris with yellow borders sit and kneel beside brass plates and trays of yellow flowers and round offerings. Grey clouds fill the sky, with trees and a partly built multi-storey structure at the left edge.2010-10-22