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A night photograph of a large dark grey Shiva lingam, its base wrapped in a band of yellow and red marigold garlands and fitted with a silver-coloured yoni-style band. Behind it, a steel staircase and platform lead up to a small elevated stage where a figure in white and red-striped ritual attire sits with a shawl and bead necklaces, flanked by a second person in orange robes. Rows of tiered stone seating and bright string lights of multiple colours frame the scene, and a bright floodlight shines from the right. Several more people in orange and saffron clothing stand along the stairs.

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Night photograph of a large grey stone Shivalinga on a circular stone base at an outdoor amphitheatre, its surface glistening with liquid poured over it and wrapped with a band of yellow and red flower garlands. Silver bands decorate its front. Behind it, a tall metal staircase rises through tiered stone seating toward a raised platform where a man in orange robes and a white garment, with a rudraksha mala, holds a vessel and pours offerings, consistent with a shivalinga abhishekam. Other figures in orange stand along the stairs and seating. Strings of coloured lights and a bright floodlight glow in the background.2014-09-08September 08 20142014-09-08Night photograph of a large grey stone Shiva lingam with a silver yoni-style base band wrapped in a garland of yellow and red flowers, water flowing down its surface. A person in white ritual clothes with a sacred thread and orange-red garments sits on a raised platform beside the lingam, operating or tending it. Metal scaffolding stairs and rails surround the structure, with tiered seating and coloured fairy lights in the background and a bright floodlight at upper right. A circular dark basin collects the water at the base.2014-09-08Night photograph of a large black Shiva lingam on a raised circular base, decorated with white and silver horizontal bands and garlanded with white and red flower strands. A metal staircase with white railings climbs beside it, and a figure in a red cloth stands at the top pouring liquid from a vessel onto the lingam, water spraying outward. A colourful striped cloth canopy with a golden finial sits at the lower right, with lit lamps along the edge. Dark sky above.2016-12-08September 22 20142014-09-22A night photograph of a large black stone Shiva lingam with a silver-covered yoni-peetha base and a tall curved stone lingam, decorated with a garland of yellow and red flowers and water flowing down its surface. Three figures in orange and saffron robes sit on a raised platform at the top, with one central figure wearing white garments and a rudraksha-style necklace, though their faces are not clearly distinguishable. Rows of seated devotees in tiers of dark stone seating line the background wall, and string lights in red, green, purple and blue frame the upper edge.2014-09-08Night photograph of a huge dark black stone lingam with a white horizontal band and a wreath of white and red flowers draped over it. A man in a reddish-brown turban and light clothing stands on top of the lingam, pouring liquid from a brass vessel. A white metal staircase with railings rises beside it, and a row of colourful striped tassel banners hangs in the lower right, with lit lamps along the edge. The surrounding sky is dark. Ritual abhishekam of a Shiva lingam.2016-12-08December 08 20162016-12-08Night photograph of a large black stone Shivalinga on a raised circular black platform, wrapped with a white and red flower garland. A metal staircase with railings rises beside it to a small platform at the top, where one shirtless person sits on the lingam's crown during a rudrabhishekam. Red and white flags line the stone steps, and a lit building wall stands at right under a dark sky.2016-11-14Night photo of a large grey cylindrical Shiva lingam on a dark stone yoni pedestal at an outdoor temple event. A white-and-gold metal staircase with railings climbs its left side, with saffron-robed priests on the steps and at the top, one pouring from a golden vessel onto the lingam. A yellow and green marigold garland drapes down the lingam. To the right, a crowd of seated devotees fills tiers beneath strings of lights and a striped multicoloured canopy, with a gilded kalasha-like ornament at the lower right.2016-12-12Night photograph of a large dark black stone Shiva lingam, wrapped with a garland of yellow and red flowers, set in an open outdoor area. Silver bands mark its surface. Behind it, a metal staircase with railings rises to a raised platform where two people sit, one wearing a light garment and another in orange-toned clothing. Strong floodlights illuminate the white wall and rows of lamps on a tiered brick structure, with potted plants on the right.2014-08-11September 08 20142014-09-08