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A night-time photograph of an outdoor temple-style courtyard with rows of black stone Shivalingams on a paved floor edged with red and white painted borders. A man in a saffron-orange garment with a white and red-yellow flower garland stands at right, holding a small metal vessel, apparently performing abhishekam or a puja. A central white-draped platform holds a lingam and a folded cloth. Banana trees, string lights and a palm-leaf decoration frame the scene, with a truck and a few lamps in the background. a person: the standing man wears a saffron robe, a flower garland and has long swept-back hair, consistent with the page's reference to a person at this event.

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December 29 20102010-12-29Night-time photograph of an outdoor ritual at a field of black stone Shivalingams arranged in rows on a paved platform. A figure in orange saffron robes with a white and red-yellow marigold garland stands at the right, holding a lit oil lamp or camphor flame in one hand and a copper vessel in the other, performing aarti before the lingams. Banana plants and lit lamps frame the scene, and a white-clad lingam with a cloth wrap stands at centre. A second person in orange robes at the right edge photographs the ceremony. Red and white painted kerbs edge the platform.2010-12-29Night-time photo of an outdoor shrine ground filled with rows of black stone Shiva lingams on a concrete platform edged in red and white stripes. At centre stands a white-draped base with a blue-and-white cloth. In the right foreground a person in an orange-saffron robe, with long dark hair and a garland of yellow, red and white flowers around the neck, faces away from the camera while holding a small bell or lamp in one hand. Banana trees, string lights and bunting frame the scene.2010-12-29A night-time photo of a man in orange saffron robes standing with palms pressed together in namaskar, facing a row of black Shivalingams at an outdoor shrine. He wears a long white and white-and-red garland with yellow flowers around his neck. One lingam is draped in a blue and gold cloth and set on a white-covered platform with flower petals scattered at its base. Bamboo poles, electric lamps and a flame at the right edge suggest an outdoor abhishekam or homa area. Multiple black lingams stretch into the background. a person: the robed figure has long swept-back hair and saffron clothing, a candidate for a person, but the face is not visible from this angle, so identity is uncertain.2010-12-29A man in a saffron-orange robe, with a long white and red-yellow marigold garland around his neck, stands in profile at night holding a silver aarti lamp with a flame and smoke rising from it, performing a ritual. Behind him a dark outdoor area lined with many black stone shivalingams, some draped with blue and gold cloth and marked with white tripundra, under streetlights and strings of red and white paper decorations on a bamboo-lined walkway.2010-12-29Night outdoor ritual photograph. A person seen from behind in a saffron orange sleeveless garment with a yellow and red flower garland draped over the shoulders holds a lit oil lamp aarti in one hand, facing a large field of rows of black stone Shiva lingams. A small lingam at front is dressed with a striped cloth and a yellow flower offering on a white draped table. Smoke rises into the dark sky, lit by floodlights; palm trees, strings of decorative lights, a blue draped canopy and a yellow vehicle stand in the background. The figure's identity is not established from appearance, so no identification is made.2010-12-29January 08 20122012-01-08January 15 20112011-01-15Outdoor photograph of a ritual in progress across a field of rows of black stone Shivalingams set on a pale concrete platform. Two men walk between the rows in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls; the man on the left carries a small brass pot, and the man on the right, wearing a long yellow-and-red marigold garland and a rudraksha mala, holds a brass vessel in both hands. Behind them are a red-earth ground, a fence strung with orange lights, a floodlight pole and dry shrubs. Several other people in white and orange clothing stand in the background, and a man in a white dhoti and orange shawl is near the left edge. The image suggests abhishekam offerings being carried to the lingams.2008-08-01January 08 20122012-01-08Night outdoor ritual at a temple-like courtyard. A figure with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron dhoti and orange shawl with gold border and gold armlets, stands at left holding a flaming oil lamp (aarti) toward a central shrine. The shrine holds a deity murti or lingam-style form draped in white with a red and white cloth, garlanded with yellow marigold and red flower garlands, with a rudraksha-style mala and a trident-marked decoration. Rows of small white-covered shivalingam-style stations with black tops stretch across the ground under banana leaves and lit palms. Only the one standing figure is physically visible.2011-12-20Night outdoor ritual at an open ground lit by floodlights and a string of lights. A man in an orange dhoti and garland holds a lamp toward a row of black lingam-shaped pillars and a central fire pit with rising smoke. A devotee in white dhoti with gold border stands at left, and other men in orange robes and white clothes stand behind. At right, a seated figure in white with a white head covering and a garland sits before a small altar with oil lamps. Brass bells and a plate are on a mat in front of the altar, and the scene suggests an evening puja or homa.2011-05-16