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Night photograph of a shirtless male priest performing an offering beside a large dark stone Shiva lingam wreathed with yellow and orange marigold garlands. The priest wears a rudraksha mala, bangles and an orange dhoti, holds a brass bell in one hand and a smoking incense or camphor offering in the other, with smoke rising between them. Behind him, a crowd of seated devotees sits on red steps under strings of coloured lights and a red flag.

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Night outdoor puja at a temple-like setting with a large dark stone Shivling draped in orange and yellow marigold garlands. A bare-chested priest in an orange dhoti holds a brass bell in his right hand while incense smoke rises beside him, and his left hand is extended toward the lingam. Rudraksha mala beads hang across his chest and he wears wrist bands and arm bands. Behind him a second man in a white dhoti with a gold border stands, and seated devotees in the background watch under strings of coloured lights and a red banner.2016-12-06December 06 20162016-12-06December 06 20162016-12-06Night outdoor ritual at a temple-style ground lit by floodlights and string lights. A large dark stone deity murti with yellow and red flower garlands stands at left. A bare-chested man with a rudraksha mala and beaded wrist bands, wearing an orange cloth, raises lit incense sticks toward the murti with one hand while holding a brass bell in the other. Smoke rises into the night air. A second man in white dhoti and white cloth stands behind him, with a red flag on a pole in the background. Several seated and standing devotees watch from the stands, including a woman with blonde hair in a dark top. This appears to be an aarti or puja at a procession moment.2016-12-06Night-time ritual on stone steps beside a large dark stone Nandi bull statue draped with a marigold garland. A bare-chested man in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with rudraksha beads and a red-and-white armband, holds a flaming oil lamp toward the Nandi. Seated devotees on the steps in white and colourful clothes hold their hands in prayer and some hold lamps; red flags and brass kalasha vessels are visible. The scene suggests an evening aarti at a temple riverside.2016-12-11 +1 copiesDecember 11 20162016-12-11 +1 copiesDecember 06 20162016-12-06December 11 20162016-12-11 +1 copiesNight photograph of an outdoor ghat ritual beside a large black stone Nandi bull statue draped with a yellow-orange flower garland. A bare-chested man in an orange dhoti with rudraksha beads and an arm band stands at the right, holding a lit aarti lamp with flame and smoke toward the statue. Behind him, seated devotees on stone steps wear white and orange clothing, several holding their hands together. Brass pots and red flags are visible, along with a green hose at left and a tree silhouetted against the dark sky.2016-12-11 +1 copiesNight-time outdoor ritual at a riverside ghat. A large dark stone Nandi bull statue, garlanded with yellow marigolds, sits at left beside a green tree. A bare-chested man in an orange dhoti and a rudraksha mala holds a small oil lamp or fire vessel near the statue. Several seated devotees on the red steps behind him sit with hands joined, some in white clothes, and brass pots and vessels rest on the steps. Red flags hang along the railing, and smoke rises into the dark sky.2016-12-11 +1 copiesA bare-chested priest in an orange dhoti with maroon borders stands beside a dark stone Nandi bull adorned with a red-and-orange flower garland at an outdoor ritual. He holds a lit oil lamp in one hand and a small vessel in the other, and wears a rudraksha mala and sacred ash markings on his forehead and arms. Behind him, red flags hang from bamboo poles and seated devotees line the terraced steps, with a woman in a purple top and necklace at right. The setting is a tree-lined outdoor shrine with a foliage backdrop.2016-12-19December 19 20162016-12-19