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Night photograph of rows of black stone Shiva lingams on red tiered steps, each draped with a white cloth bordered in orange-red trim. Strings of multicoloured lights and red-and-white decorative festoon lights hang above along a lattice fence. No people are visible in the scene.

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December 26 20132013-12-26December 26 20132013-12-26 +1 copiesDecember 26 20132013-12-26 +1 copiesNight photo of a tiered stone stepped area lined with many black stone Shiva lingams on red-painted platforms, each lit by small oil lamps. Several people in white clothes move along the steps; one man in a white dhoti with a yellow cloth bends low at left, while another man in white with a rudraksha-style necklace stands near centre. Strings of red-lit lights hang across the upper background beside a floodlight pole. The scene suggests Karthikai Deepam lamp lighting at a temple, with lamps placed around the lingams.2010-11-21October 31 20162016-10-31Night photograph of a large outdoor temple-style ceremony on tiered red stone steps lit by floodlights and strings of coloured lights. Rows of brass oil lamps and kalasha-style vessels stand on the steps. Many people in saffron and orange robes and white dhotis gather on the steps, with a standing ritual officiant in white at the centre and a figure in a long white garment near a tall ceremonial lamp stand. Devotees sit in the lower right and an openly visible camera operator films on the lower steps. Ceremonial offerings, cloth-draped platforms and a decorated palanquin-like seat are visible. The scene is a puja-style ritual; no individual in the picture is confidently identifiable as the a person, so the candidate cannot be confirmed from appearance.2016-12-23Outdoor Mahashivaratri ritual at a stepped stone ghat beside water. Many devotees in white clothes sit in rows on the red-brick steps, each in front of a black Shiva linga with a brass or copper vessel, while flower petals and yellow marigold garlands lie on the linga. A few older men wear orange or saffron shawls and sit with folded hands. A large tree and a colourful banner or backdrop stand behind the tiers under a dusk sky. The scene matches a pada puja with linga abhishekam.2016-03-07December 12 20162016-12-12Night scene on red-tiered stone steps lined with black Shivalinga-shaped stone pieces and brass lamps, with devotees seated in rows. A woman in a teal sari with red bangles and a red bindi sits at left, next to a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a rudraksha mala. Near the bottom, a shaved-headed man in white and a white-robed woman with a white head covering sit among the rows, and a bald man in a brown shirt bends over at lower left. Strings of lights, red flags and small potted trees decorate the upper area under bright floodlights, and a few more devotees sit further back.2016-12-12December 12 20162016-12-12October 31 20162016-10-31December 26 20132013-12-26 +1 copies