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Night photograph of a large black stone lingam with a silver band and garland of yellow and red flowers framing its arched front, set on a dark platform before tiered stone seating. Behind it, a multi-storey building is wrapped in strings of coloured fairy lights in red, green, blue and purple. On an upper balcony, three men in ochre and saffron clothing stand around a lit lamp or flame; the central figure wears white and holds an object, while the two flanking figures wear saffron or orange robes. Their identities are not established, so the in_person value is unsure.

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