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Outdoor ritual on red-brick steps where several people sit performing puja beside black stone lingam-style shivalingas, each topped with flowers, and brass pots and vessels. A bare-chested bearded man on the left holds a lit flame near a brass spoon. A bare-chested man in the center wears a rudraksha mala and a tilak, with a red-bead necklace, holding a small brass item. A woman in an orange and blue salwar kameez with bangles offers from a brass dish. On the right a bald, bare-chested man with a red rudraksha mala and white dhoti participates. Flower petals and offerings are scattered on the lingam bases.

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November 07 20162016-11-07Devotees sit on red stone steps beside rows of black stone Shivalingams with brass tops, performing a Rudra Abhishekam-style ritual with small brass pouring vessels. In the foreground a woman in a white and gold sari and a dark rudraksha mala holds a brass vessel; beside her a fair-haired woman in a purple sari with a red rudraksha mala pours from a brass cup. Next to them a woman in a grey shawl and a shirtless man with a mala also hold brass vessels, and a bald man in a white shirt with a rudraksha mala and a woman in a yellow and green sari sit further back. Brass lamps and vessels stand on the steps behind them.2016-12-16A photo of a row of devotees seated outdoors in front of a red brick wall, each beside a black stone shivalinga with a small oil lamp flame. Several men sit bare-chested in white dhotis, one with white hair and a beard holding a small brass bell, others holding lit diyas or offerings toward the lingas. Rudraksha malas and gold bangles are visible. Behind them, rows of small black stone lingas and yoni-pitha bases line the walkway. This appears to be a group puja or abhishekam ritual. No individual is identified as a person by appearance.2016-11-07November 14 20162016-11-14 +2 copiesJuly 03 20172017-07-03 +1 copiesNight ritual scene with many devotees seated in rows on stepped platforms, each holding small oil lamps or lit wicks in front of black stone lingams on pedestals. Foreground: a bare-chested man in white dhoti and a woman in orange-and-black patterned dress lighting lamps. Behind them, a woman in white top and pink trousers with a beaded necklace, a woman in green skirt with a long-sleeved blue blouse, and others in white and saffron clothing. Strings of coloured lights and brass vessels are visible, with a temple-like canopy at upper right. The setting suggests a lamp-lit puja or Rudra Abhishekam gathering.2016-12-09November 07 20162016-11-07December 11 20162016-12-11 +1 copies2001 - Glimpses From Various Programs2001-01-01November 26 20162016-11-26August 24 20142014-08-24A photograph of a ritual scene with three men seated on the floor in a hall. The nearest man in the foreground wears a white dhoti with a red border and holds a small brass oil lamp with a flame. Behind him, a bald man in a saffron-orange robe lifts a lit brass lamp and a burning wick, with smoke rising. A third man in a saffron robe sits further back, partly hidden, holding a lit lamp toward the group. On a red tray in the lower left are brass plates, a small brass lamp and a brass vessel. Blurred figures in orange and red clothing sit in the background, with warm lights and a laptop on a blue table at left.2011-01-21