A large crowd of devotees stands waist-deep in a tiled pool surrounding a tall dark Shiva lingam set on a raised platform with water cascading down its sides. Many devotees wear white clothes, and some raise their arms or hold up their hands in worship. Sunlight flares behind the lingam against a pale sky, with a low building, trees and a row of striped stepped seating beyond the pool. - Nithyanandapedia

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A large crowd of devotees stands waist-deep in a tiled pool surrounding a tall dark Shiva lingam set on a raised platform with water cascading down its sides. Many devotees wear white clothes, and some raise their arms or hold up their hands in worship. Sunlight flares behind the lingam against a pale sky, with a low building, trees and a row of striped stepped seating beyond the pool.

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