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Outdoor ritual on red-brick temple steps at a riverside ghat, with black stone lingam-shaped pillars and brass pots and bowls on the steps. A bare-chested man in white dhoti and gold chain sits centre-left, holding a brass vessel and bell-like object with one hand raised. Beside him a shirtless man in white dhoti with glasses and a gold chain holds a small brass object and ritual vessel. Around them women in saris, salwar kameez and shawls sit on the steps, some with hands folded or raised in offering; a red flag is visible at lower left. The men's shaved heads and bare chests suggest priestly participants, but no face-based identification is made.

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December 19 20162016-12-19Outdoor ritual on red brick steps lined with black stone shivalinga-style pedestals and brass pots and vessels. Several devotees sit on the steps in prayer, palms pressed together. A bare-chested man in white dhoti and rudraksha mala sits at center right, hands folded, and a bare-chested man with a white dhoti and mala at left gestures with raised hands. A woman in an orange and grey sari with a red-marked forehead sits near the bottom center. Women in saris and western clothes sit among them, and a red-and-orange flag is visible at the lower left. Brass lamps and offerings are arranged on the steps. No identifiable a person figure is clearly present; the central figures are identified only by role.2016-12-19December 03 20162016-12-03A large group of devotees performs puja at rows of black stone shivalingams arranged on tiered red steps. Many participants are bare-chested men in white dhotis wearing rudraksha malas, while women wear saris and salwar kameez in pink, yellow, teal and purple. Brass kalasha pots, small brass vessels and oil lamps sit beside each lingam, and some people hold offerings or pour liquid over the stones. A man in the centre-left wears a white dhoti and red mala, and a person at the right has long dreadlocks. No single figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance, so no candidate is asserted.2016-12-19December 02 20162016-12-02December 12 20162016-12-12December 17 20162016-12-17December 19 20162016-12-19Outdoor ritual scene on red stone ghat steps during a Maheshwara Puja-style gathering. Devotees sit in rows on the steps, many bare-chested or in white dhotis, some wearing rudraksha malas and saffron cloth. Each seated person has a black cushioned seat and a brass or bronze vessel beside them, with brass items and small oil lamps placed on the steps. A woman in black and white sits centre-front, another in a dark-red wrap sits beside a man in white, and a woman in a pink sari sits at right. Red cloth and a chain-link fence stand behind the steps, with red flags at the right edge.2016-12-18December 02 20162016-12-02December 03 20162016-12-03December 03 20162016-12-03