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Women devotees sit in rows on red tiered steps lined with black stone shivalinga pieces, performing a Shiva puja during a Mahashivaratri observance. The foreground woman on the right has long dreadlocked hair, a vibhuti mark on her forehead, a green beaded necklace and a white and gold-bordered shawl, with her palms pressed together. Beside her a woman in a white sari with a gold border holds her hands in anjali, and others in white, pink and yellow saris sit with eyes closed or hands folded. Several shivalinga lie on the steps and a brass vessel sits in the background, with trees and railings beyond.

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