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A figure with raised arms stands on the red stone steps of a tiered ghat-like amphitheatre during an evening ritual. He wears a brown turban with a crescent emblem, a bare upper body, a leopard-print cloth over a brown dhoti, a heavy gold bead necklace and gold bangles. Behind him, seated devotees fill the steps, many in white and orange, and a woman in a green and orange kurta holds a small oil lamp. Black stone lingams and brass pots sit on the steps in front of the seated crowd, with smoke rising in the background. The image is a photograph of a ceremonial gathering.

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A bearded man in a brown turban with a gold ornament and a brown shawl over the chest stands barefoot on a stone step, both palms raised high in an ecstatic gesture. He wears a gold multi-strand necklace with a pendant, a leopard-print cloth wrapped at the waist over brown dhoti-style drapes, and gold bangles on his wrists and upper arms. Behind him, seated devotees on red stone steps hold small oil lamps, and women in white, red and orange saris and kurtas watch. A dark black stone lingam sits on a step to the right. Several devotees appear in the background audience.2016-12-08December 08 20162016-12-08December 08 20162016-12-08Outdoor evening ritual on red sandstone steps with a crowd of devotees seated behind. In the foreground a bearded man in a rust-brown turban with a crescent-moon ornament and a brown shawl wrapped over a leopard-print lower garment raises both palms overhead. He wears a heavy gold bead necklace and orange-red armbands, and a red tilak is on his forehead. Behind him people hold small oil lamps, a man at left is bare-chested with a beard, and several black Shiva lingas and brass pots sit on the steps. Lamps and pots suggest an aarti or abhishekam setting.2016-12-08December 08 20162016-12-08December 08 20162016-12-08December 08 20162016-12-08December 08 20162016-12-08December 08 20162016-12-08December 08 20162016-12-08December 08 20162016-12-08December 08 20162016-12-08