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Wide outdoor photo of a large stepped amphitheatre beside a still reflecting pool at a ceremony. Rows of devotees sit on the stone steps before many dark polished shivalingas set on pedestals. Many people wear saffron-orange and white clothes; some sit in front holding small brass plates and offerings. A large ornate multicoloured shiva-linga-style structure stands on a platform in the water. A film camera on a tripod is at the left edge, and a crowd fills the seating in the background.

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February 19 20152015-02-19February 17 20152015-02-17 +1 copiesFebruary 19 20152015-02-19 +1 copiesFebruary 19 20152015-02-19 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of a large temple tank with still water in the foreground, where many devotees sit on stone steps beside rows of black shivalingams on pedestals. Devotees wear orange and saffron robes and white clothes, some in pink or red saris, performing an abhishekam-style ritual. A decorated central pavilion with a colourful, patterned structure stands in the water, and tiered stone steps with seated crowds rise on both sides under morning sunlight. Brick buildings and trees frame the scene. A few people appear in the far stands.2015-02-17 +1 copiesA large outdoor photo of a Shivalinga-filled amphitheatre-style stepped tank during a ritual gathering at an ashram. Rows of black Shivalinga stones stand on tiered stone steps, with devotees seated behind them, many in white and yellow clothes, some in saffron and red, some holding small brass vessels and plates. A square pool of greenish water sits in the centre, with an ornately decorated, multi-coloured structure with a dark canopy and red-and-gold garlands rising from a platform in the pool. Audience members in white are seated on the tiers at the upper right, and a few people stand along the railings. The setting is a red-brick and stone enclosure under a clear sky, consistent with a Swayambu Linga abhishekam or Pratyaksha Pada Puja-style gathering. Roughly 50 to 100 people are visible.2016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07July 24 20172017-07-24A photograph of many black stone Shivalingas arranged in rows on red-brick tiered steps beside a temple tank, during a Pratyakshya Pada Puja at Mahashivaratri. Many seated devotees in white dhotis and shirts sit before the lingas, with brass kalasha-like pots and small brass vessels set on the steps, some with yellow flowers placed on the lingas. In the foreground, a man in a saffron-orange shawl sits among the lingas with his hands joined. Further back, a crowd in white and orange clothing fills the tiered seating across the water, and a few people stand near a lit platform area. The water of the tank lies to the right behind a metal railing.2016-03-07July 24 20172017-07-24Outdoor photo of a rectangular pool at an ashram with rows of black Shivalingams set on stepped stone terraces along its near edge. Orange-robed monks sit cross-legged among the lingams on the right, some performing rituals with offerings. Behind the pool, tiered red seating is filled with people in white and orange clothing, and a small raised platform with a striped yellow-and-red cloth backdrop stands in the water. A golden gopuram-style structure rises at the upper right, with trees and a red boundary wall behind.2015-07-31A photograph of a stepped stone amphitheatre-style tank at an ashram, with rows of black Shiva lingams set on the terraced steps in the foreground. Devotees in white and some in saffron or colourful sarees sit among the lingams and stand along the railings. In the centre, an ornate decorated boat-shaped float with red, yellow and gold trim sits on the water. Many more people in white clothes sit in the seating tiers on the far side under a clear sky, and a red brick building and distant hills appear behind. The scene suggests a large gathering for Shiva worship, with the lingams arranged across the steps.2016-03-07