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Close view of several stone Shivling lingams on a raised base, decorated with marigold and pink flower garlands and scattered petals. A marigold garland hangs down the right lingam. Behind them is a rusty wire mesh fence with a green wall beyond, and a few small white cloth offerings are tied to the fence. No people are clearly visible except a partial figure at the far right edge.

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October 27 20152015-10-27December 20 20172017-12-201981 ISakki Swamigal and MAta Vibhutananda PuriA photograph of a Shiva lingam draped in orange cloth and strung with rudraksha-style beads, with a tall orange turban-shaped cloth wrapped around its top and a dark peak. The base is ringed with yellow marigold garlands and red rose garlands on a stone platform, with a blurred red wall and green trees behind. No people are visible; the figure shown is a deity murti, not a person.2013-08-03A decorated deity figure or murti heavily adorned with red roses, white flowers, orange marigold garlands and green leaf garlands, set on a white-draped base with coconut-shaped ornaments and a kalasha-like pot. Behind it, a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a sacred thread stands, and a shaved-headed man in an orange robe stands further back, with a seated man in the left foreground. Red buildings and green foliage fill the outdoor background.2013-07-17June 07 20132013-06-07July 18 20152015-07-18 +1 copiesA devotee with long dreadlocked hair, bare-chested and wearing an orange saffron dhoti with rudraksha malas on his arms and neck, stands with palms pressed together in namaskar before an ornately decorated deity murti. A silver shivalinga with a gold yoni base and a snake motif stands at center, framed by garlands of white jasmine, yellow marigolds and red roses. Behind it, a large gold-and-jewelled deity form in red and orange silk is adorned with gold crowns, a gold cobra hood and floral garlands. Golden decorations and a gold mask-like face fill the background.2018-12-22 +1 copiesFebruary 17 20152015-02-17Two coconut-shaped ritual vessels, each with a face-like pair of eye holes, stand side by side on a low brown cloth-draped platform, wrapped in thick garlands of yellow and white marigolds and red roses. A pink-red cloth drapes behind them. Two silver oil lamps flank the pair on the floor, with patterned striped mats and blurred figures in the background, consistent with a ritual homa or puja setting.2015-07-17A photograph inside a temple sanctum showing a man in a rust-orange turban and dark orange dhoti, with a gold bracelet on his upper arm, bending forward to adorn a large deity murti with multicoloured flower garlands of marigold, red, green and white blossoms. Behind him a younger attendant with a bare chest and a rudraksha-style necklace stands in the doorway. The deity murti is draped in gold and red silk and is decorated with gold ornaments, and a brass oil lamp burns in the right foreground. The flower decoration suggests puja or abhishekam preparation.2016-12-14December 17 20162016-12-17