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A photograph of a black stone Shiva lingam in a plain whitewashed hall with a corrugated roof and concrete floor. The lingam has three horizontal white bands and a red tilak mark, and sits on a black peetha beside a white Nandi bull with a yellow collar. A tall circular arch of red, green and yellow garlands and flower strings frames the shrine. Two brass oil lamps stand on either side, with a small brass vessel and a shallow dish in front on a white cloth. No people are visible.

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January 03 20082008-01-03January 05 20082008-01-05January 03 20082008-01-03January 03 20082008-01-03A photograph of a shrine inside a covered open-sided hall with a corrugated roof. A large black Shivalingam with three horizontal white stripes and a red dot stands on a dark square base and black yoni-peetha, decorated with garlands. Behind it a white bull Nandi with ornamented red and gold trappings and floral garlands sits beside a colourful deity figure. Two brass oil lamps stand on the floor in front. On the right, a person in an orange robe and sleeveless orange top, hair pulled back, stands with hands folded in prayer facing the lingam. The scene is a quiet puja before a Shiva shrine.2008-01-05A barefoot person in orange sannyasi-style wrap and red top walks away from the camera across a bare concrete floor inside a plain whitewashed hall. Ahead stands a black stone Shivalingam on a black square peetha, marked with white tripundra lines, with a white painted nandi bull with gold harness and a colourful flower-garlanded arched backdrop behind it. Brass oil lamps flank the peetha.2008-01-05A photograph of a shrine featuring a large white painted Nandi bull with a golden harness and red-and-gold collar beside a black stone shivalinga bearing three silver horizontal stripes and a red dot. Behind them is an arched backdrop garlanded with yellow, pink, green and white flower strands and gold-tipped ornaments. Two small metal deity figures, one with an orange-red crown, sit within the garland arch. No people are visible.2008-01-03Photograph of a shrine altar with a large deity murti dressed in orange and red cloth, garlanded with flowers and wearing a rudraksha-style necklace, flanked by red silk curtains and hanging brass lamps. Two tall brass oil lamps with lit wicks stand on either side, with smaller lamps and a brass kalasha on the altar table below. In the foreground a white stone Nandi bull, draped in a red cloth with gold trim and garlanded, faces the shrine. No people are visible in the frame.2004-01-01A photograph of a temple sanctum shows a large white Nandi bull statue draped with a green and gold silk cloth and garlanded with multicoloured flower garlands. Behind the bull, a deity murti in a red cloth is framed by a large arched garland of pink, yellow, green and white flowers with a gold kalasha finial. Two smaller seated deity figures in ornate clothing and garlands sit on draped platforms to the left and right, with decorative umbrellas overhead. The walls are plain white and the roof is corrugated metal. No people are visible.2008-01-01July 24 20052005-07-24November 13 20072007-11-13March 01 20182018-03-01