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A photograph of devotees standing in a line on temple grounds beside red brick steps with small stone shrines or lamp pillars lining the wall behind them. In the foreground a woman in a white sari with a gold border stands with hands clasped in front, wearing a long rudraksha-style bead necklace with a pendant and a wrist bangle, with a red tilak on her forehead. Behind her a man in a white shirt and white dhoti wears a rudraksha mala and a pendant, and another man in a white shirt wears an orange-brown bead garland. To the left, young girls in red and gold-bordered dress sit on steps. A metal mesh railing runs along the steps. Several people are visible, all standing or seated as devotees.

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Photograph of an outdoor abhishekam-style ritual at a courtyard lined with rows of black Shiva lingams on a wet stone channel. A bare-chested man in white dhoti and a white shawl, with sacred ash on his forehead and body, wears a rudraksha mala and a teal-and-white beaded necklace, walking barefoot along the channel. Beside him a woman in a white sari with gold border carries a large brass pot, and another woman in a white sari with gold border and a teal beaded necklace walks nearby. A red flag and a chain-link fence stand behind them, with a brick wall and more lingams in the background. Partial figures in white saris appear at the right edge.2016-09-19April 23 20152015-04-23A queue of devotees stands in a courtyard beside a tall orange wall and a red pillar. In the foreground a smiling girl in a red dress with a long plait stands beside a woman in a cream and gold sari with a red rudraksha-style mala and glasses, hands clasped. To the left an older man in white dhoti and shawl stands with hands folded. Behind them men in white kurtas wear red lanyards and vibhuti marks, and a man in a white shirt with a green-and-gold shawl stands near a table holding banana-leaf trays of fruit. A woman in a grey-green sari bends at the table. Several people are visible, and the scene is a devotional gathering with offerings.2010-12-19A woman seated in a large hall among a dense audience, wearing a cream and white checked sari with a rudraksha mala of orange-brown beads and a gold chain necklace, with a white forehead mark and a red bindi. She has a conical lanyard badge pinned to her clothing and looks toward the stage with a calm expression. Behind her, many seated people in white and cream clothes fill the rows, with blurred figures extending across the background.2014-09-20December 12 20162016-12-12July 22 20132013-07-22A photograph of a line of devotees standing outdoors in front of a red-painted building and greenery, all with hands pressed together in anjali mudra. The central woman in front wears a cream and gold-bordered sari, a dark rudraksha mala around her neck, and a bindi with a white forehead mark. Women behind her wear orange and rust-red saris with white vibhuti on their foreheads. Several are wearing glasses. A stringed garland of yellow and red flowers hangs on a pillar at left, and a blue patterned cloth lies at right. No swami is visible in the frame.2016-08-12December 12 20162016-12-12July 13 20132013-07-13 +1 copiesPhotograph of a line of devotees standing on a stage before a pale pink wall and a draped red curtain. On the right, a bald man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl with a gold border and rudraksha mala holds a microphone. Beside him, a man in a white kurta and white dhoti with a rudraksha mala and wrist beads stands with hands clasped. Further left, two women in orange saris with gold borders and a man in an orange dhoti stand together, and at the far left a man and a woman in orange-gold robes with rudraksha malas stand near a figure in white robes on the right edge. Seven physical people are visible.2013-03-02Three people stand on a stage before a red curtain and a gilded carved backdrop, two holding microphones. On the left, a man in a white dhoti with gold border and a cream shawl wears long rudraksha malas and a gold-medallion pendant, with white tilak and white armbands. In the centre, a young woman in a red and gold sari and matching blouse wears a gold necklace, rudraksha mala and red bangles, her hands clasped. On the right, a woman in a cream sari with orange border and a rudraksha mala holds a microphone. No clear a person candidate with sufficient cues is visible, so the men and women are described by role only.2016-09-22April 25 20132013-04-25