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Night view of a vast open-air field filled in dense rows with hundreds of black stone Shivalingams, each set on a raised base wrapped in a white cloth and crowned with yellow marigold garlands. Strings of marigold garlands and small lights hang overhead along a dark backdrop, with a few white-clad figures visible far in the background. No a person candidate is clearly visible.

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December 29 20102010-12-29December 29 20102010-12-29December 29 20102010-12-29Night-time outdoor event at a large open courtyard lined with rows of black stone Shivalingams, each draped in white cloth and garlanded with yellow marigold flowers. The lingams are arranged in a grid across a concrete floor, with small dark stone tiles scattered between them. Strings of colourful bunting and lights stretch across the background, with palm trees, bright floodlights and a parked white car visible. No people are visible in the scene.2010-12-29Night photograph of a vast outdoor gathering of many seated devotees in rows, each wearing white dhotis and shawls with dark cloth-wrapped heads crowned by yellow marigold garlands. Bright floodlights, string lights and a decorated pavilion with festoons light the grounds. No single individual can be clearly identified, and no a person candidate is visible in the frame.2010-01-08Night view of a large outdoor ground filled with rows of black stone Shiva lingams, each draped with white cloth and garlanded with yellow flowers, set on a raised concrete platform. Bright floodlights on poles light the scene, with strings of small lights and banana trees along the edges and a decorated structure in the background. No people are visible in the frame.2010-12-29Night photograph of a vast open-air gathering of many small black Shiva lingams, each set on a white cloth with red and green striped borders and crowned with yellow marigold garlands. The rows of lingams stretch across the courtyard toward the back. Strings of small colourful pennant flags hang overhead between palm trees, and a car is parked at the upper right. No people are visible in the frame, and no a person candidate appears.2010-12-29December 29 20102010-12-29January 08 20102010-01-08January 08 20102010-01-08Night-time outdoor ritual field filled with rows of black stone Shivalinga lingams, each wrapped at its base in white cloth with a red-and-gold border and crowned with yellow and orange marigold garlands. Pyramid-shaped grey stone blocks lie on the paved ground in the foreground. Strings of yellow flowers and mango-leaf toranas hang across the scene, banana plants flank the area, and bright floodlights light the grounds. Beyond the rows, a decorated golden pavilion or stage holds a deity murti, and a few small figures in white stand near the edges. No people are clearly in the foreground.2010-12-29Night photograph of an open outdoor ground filled with hundreds of black Shivalinga stones, each wrapped in white cloth and decorated with yellow and orange flower garlands, arranged in long rows. Bright white floodlights on poles and strings of lights line the field, with palm trees and a decorated structure with a golden canopy in the background. No people are visible in the scene.2010-12-29