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Night photograph of a Rudrabhishekam ritual at a tiered stone stepped area lined with many black lingams on pedestals. Several devotees sit in rows holding small oil lamps with lit flames while performing puja. A woman in a white sari and a woman in a salmon-coloured sari sit on the left, and several men sit bare-chested or in white cloth, with white tilak marks on their foreheads. Warm lamplight and dim background stonework fill the scene.

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November 14 20162016-11-14November 11 20162016-11-11 +1 copiesNovember 14 20162016-11-14 +1 copiesNovember 14 20162016-11-14 +2 copiesNovember 14 20162016-11-14 +1 copiesNovember 14 20162016-11-14 +1 copiesNovember 14 20162016-11-14 +2 copiesNovember 14 20162016-11-14 +1 copiesNovember 14 20162016-11-14 +1 copiesSeveral devotees sit in a row in front of a red brick stepped platform lined with black stone shivalingas, many with small lamps or offerings on top. Most participants are bare-chested, wearing white dhotis and some orange cloth. A bald white-haired elderly man with white beard and a vertical tilak on his forehead, bare-chested with a white dhoti, holds a small flame in his hands. Beside him a bearded man with long dark hair holds a flame, and a woman with blonde hair in a white garment also holds a small lamp. Several other people sit in the background. A man on the left wears a rudraksha mala, sacred ash marks on his forehead and arms, and holds a lamp. Small oil lamps flicker in the foreground. The scene appears to be a ritual lamp offering or puja at the shivalingas. Several people are visible, counting those partially in frame.2016-11-07Photograph at dusk of several shirtless male priests in white dhotis seated in a row before black stone Shiva lingams on tiered steps, holding lit oil lamps in their hands during a ritual worship. The foreground priest on the right, with grey hair, holds a flame cupped in both hands; the others beside him hold lamps and offerings. Lingams with small white flowers sit in the lower left, and warm lamp flames light the scene against a dark background.2016-11-14 +1 copiesNovember 07 20162016-11-07