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A photograph of a large outdoor gathering on red stone tiered steps with many black stone Shiva lingams set on round black yoni-pitha bases placed across the steps. Many devotees sit in rows, most women in colourful saris and salwar kameez in purple, green, pink and orange, and several men bare-chested or in white dhotis with rudraksha malas. A woman in a dark striped sari and a girl in a purple sari with orange border sit near the front, and brass bowls and small lamps rest among the lingams. Red flags on poles and a loudspeaker stand behind the seated crowd.

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