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A photograph of a seated group of devotees during a night ritual, with many dark cylindrical metal vessels visible behind them. In the foreground a woman in a cream and white saree with bangles holds her palms together in a gesture of offering. Beside her a woman in a teal blouse and orange shawl sits with her back to the camera. Further right, a bare-chested man with a white-haired head wears a white chain and holds his hands in mudra-like gestures, and another bare-chested man wears a rudraksha-style beaded garland and white dhoti. Oil lamp flames glow at the lower left, and the setting appears to be a ritual abhishekam or homa.

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Photograph of a seated ritual gathering at night, with devotees in rows behind shiny black stone bases and brass vessels. In the foreground, three people sit with hands joined in prayer: a young man with glasses and bare chest wearing rudraksha malas and white dhoti, a middle-aged man with glasses and bare chest with rudraksha malas, and a woman with silver-grey hair in a white top with a purple and gold embroidered shawl and rudraksha mala. Behind them, people in orange and red saris and white clothes sit among oil lamps and brass pots. No a person candidate is clearly visible among the people shown.2016-12-11 +1 copiesDecember 11 20162016-12-11 +1 copiesDecember 12 20162016-12-12December 06 20162016-12-06December 11 20162016-12-11 +1 copiesDecember 11 20162016-12-11 +1 copiesNight photograph of a seated group at a ritual abhishekam on black stone shivalingas arranged in rows. Several participants pour liquid from long golden vessels onto the lingams. A woman in a red-and-gold sari in the left foreground holds a golden pouring vessel; a woman in a white outfit with a dark braid pours from another. Behind them, a row of seated devotees, some in white, one with a bald head and a rudraksha mala, all holding golden vessels. Blue lights and a chain-link fence sit in the background, with a floodlight at upper right. Bottom right, a bald man with a grey beard in a rudraksha mala and cream clothing sits near the lingams.2016-12-06Photo of a seated row of devotees at an outdoor ceremony, several bare-chested men wearing rudraksha malas and white cloth around the waist, and women in yellow, magenta and red saris with headcovers. Their hands are held out palms-up or folded in prayer, faces calm and attentive. Black stone pillars and a red banner stand in the background, with a crowd behind a metal railing.2016-12-03December 06 20162016-12-06A photograph of a seated devotional gathering at night, with participants pressing their palms together in prayer. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with curly dark hair wears long rudraksha mala strands and a white dhoti, hands joined and gazing upward. Behind him, women sit on dark cushions; one in a magenta top and brown trousers, another in a blue outfit with a patterned shawl, and others in white and pink clothing, all with palms together. A small brass deity murti, a lit oil lamp and a flower offering sit on a red cloth in the lower right. A chain-link fence stands behind the crowd. Those visible total roughly a dozen people.2016-12-06December 12 20162016-12-12Night photo of a crowded outdoor deepam ceremony with rows of small black stone shivalingams on red-brown tiered steps, each set with brass lamps, bowls and flower offerings. Seated devotees fill the steps: a woman in a purple salwar kameez with a long braid and gold jewellery, a blonde woman in a purple top holding a brass lamp, a man with grey hair in bare-chested white dhoti with a rudraksha mala, a bald man in a white dhoti with a red-and-orange mala, and a bare-chested man in a white dhoti and orange mala, with a pale purple shawl and a wristwatch. Behind them many more people sit under bright string lights.2016-12-12