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Night photograph of a large dark black stone lingam, wrapped with a garland of yellow and orange marigolds and fitted with gold-patterned bands, standing beside a metal staircase and platform. On the platform, several people in orange and saffron cloth stand and sit near oil lamps and offerings. One figure at the top right wears a bare upper body with beaded necklaces. Strings of small lights decorate a building in the background, and a bright floodlight glows at right.

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Night photo of a large dark stone Shivalinga draped with a yellow, red and green flower garland, with a metal staircase and platform beside it. On the platform, several men in orange dhotis and bare upper bodies stand and sit near the top, one holding objects, with a man in white and red garments and beaded necklaces near the summit.2016-12-12Night scene at a temple: a tall dark stone Shiva lingam, draped with a garland of yellow and red flowers, stands in the foreground beside a metal staircase with railings. On the raised platform at the top, several men in orange and saffron dhotis and shawls stand in a group. Most are bare-chested; the central figure, with long dark hair and a garlanded ornament, holds a lit incense stick or lamp toward the lingam.2016-12-12May 22 20172017-05-22December 12 20162016-12-12Night-time outdoor ritual at a large dark stone Shivalingam wrapped in garlands of orange, yellow, purple and white marigolds. A metal scaffold staircase with a railed platform leads up beside the lingam. On the platform stand a man in white dhoti with a white headband, and a man in orange-brown robe with a rudraksha-style bead necklace and horizontal white tripundra markings on the forehead, who appears to be attending the lingam. A third person stands partly behind at the platform, and another figure in white stands lower on the stairs at right. The lingam bears a white and red garland band with a white bowl-shaped section at its base. Dark sky above.2016-12-23November 14 20162016-11-14 +1 copiesNight photograph of a large black lingam, a Shiva linga, wrapped with a garland of white and maroon flowers, standing on a stone base. A metal staircase with railings rises to a raised platform beside it, where a shirtless man with long dark hair sits holding an object, with smoke rising behind him. Other figures in orange or saffron cloth stand or sit nearby on the stairs, and a white band marks the linga's side. Walls and trees are faintly visible in the dark background, indicating a Rudrabhishekam ritual.2016-11-14 +1 copiesNight photograph of an abhishekam at a large black Shiva lingam wrapped in garlands of marigold, yellow, purple, maroon and white flowers. A white metal staircase with orange and yellow marigold garlands leads up to a raised platform. On the platform, a man in white dhoti stands near brass vessels, and a bare-chested man in white and an orange-saffron cloth with a rudraksha-style necklace stands behind a metal rail beside the lingam. A third bare-chested man stands on the stairs. Water splashes at the left edge, and a white-lit wall is visible at lower right.2016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23Night photograph of a massive black stone Shivalinga on a circular lotus-shaped pedestal, wrapped at its base with a garland of red and yellow marigolds and streaked with liquid running down its surface during abhishekam. Three horizontal bands of gold or silver tilaka-like markings are on the lingam. Two people in orange-brown robes stand on a metal scaffold staircase beside it, near lamps, while several figures in orange clothing are seen at the lower left near the stone steps of an open-air amphitheatre with empty tiered seating and metal railings in the background.2014-09-22November 14 20162016-11-14 +3 copiesNovember 14 20162016-11-14 +1 copies