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A large black Shiva lingam stands in the foreground, its base wrapped with silver bands and encircled by a garland of yellow and red flowers. Three men are seated on a raised metal platform behind it at night, hands folded in anjali. The man on the left holds a small oil lamp and has a tilak on his forehead; the centre man wears a saffron-orange shawl, a rudraksha mala and a bell-like ornament; the man on the right is bare-chested with white dhoti and white markings on his arms. Stone tiers with small lingams and seated devotees appear in the blurred background. The scene suggests a Rudrabhishekam ritual in progress.

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September 22 20142014-09-22September 22 20142014-09-22 +1 copiesSeptember 22 20142014-09-22September 22 20142014-09-22 +1 copiesNight photo of a large black Shiva lingam on a raised circular platform, its base and sides wrapped in a garland of alternating yellow and red flowers, with silver bands across its middle. Three men in saffron-brown robes sit at the top of a steel staircase behind it. The man on the left holds a flame in cupped hands, the centre man sits with hands folded, and the man on the right wears a white dhoti and palms pressed together in greeting. Dark stands with seated figures in orange clothes are visible in the background.2014-09-22 +1 copiesNight photograph of a large black Shivalinga with a yellow and red marigold garland arching over its top, set on a dark plinth, with three silver tripundra-style horizontal bands and a small round silver emblem on its front. Behind it on a raised metal platform at the top of a staircase, three men in saffron-orange and brown robes sit with hands folded in prayer, one with a white forehead marking and an oil lamp burning beside him. Dark blurred seating and a few distant figures in orange are visible in the background. Three physical people are visible.2014-09-22 +1 copiesSeptember 22 20142014-09-22September 22 20142014-09-22 +1 copiesSeptember 22 20142014-09-22Night photograph of a large black stone shivalinga wrapped with a garland of yellow and red flowers, decorated with three silver horizontal bands and a round silver disc on its front, standing on a dark carved yoni-pitha base. Water streams down the lingam. Above, on a metal staircase platform, several men in saffron and white ritual clothes stand and perform the rite; one in a saffron shawl with rudraksha beads looks upward, while another in white holds a small brass vessel. Their faces are not clearly visible, so no identification is made.2014-09-22 +1 copiesNight photograph of a large black stone Shiva lingam decorated with a garland of yellow and red flowers, set on a raised platform with metal steps. Three priests stand or kneel on the platform above it; the central figure wears an orange-brown garment and a rudraksha-style necklace, the left one holds a small flame, and the right one has his palms joined in anjali. Rows of seated devotees in orange clothing are visible in the dark stands below, and a lit building stands at right.2014-09-22September 22 20142014-09-22