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Night ritual photo at a stone-stepped ghat lined with black Shiva lingams and small brass vessels holding oil lamps. In the foreground a shirtless man in a white dhoti with a rudraksha mala and pendant sits cross-legged, working near a small flame and a brass pot. Beside him a woman in a yellow embroidered blouse and dark green sari with tilaka and a rudraksha mala rings a small handheld bell. Further right another woman in a red shawl and white trousers holds a bell and lamp. Behind them more devotees in saffron and white clothing perform the lamp-lit abhishekam-style ritual around the lingams.

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Photo of a seated ritual on red stone steps lined with black stone shivalingams and brass vessels with small oil lamps. In the foreground a bare-chested man in white dhoti with gold border and white vibhuti on his forehead and chest holds his hands together in prayer, wearing rudraksha mala. Beside him a woman in white with long blonde hair and rudraksha mala holds cupped hands, and another blonde woman in a red and green sari sits with hands folded. Behind them more participants in white garments sit among the lingams and brass lamps.2016-12-11 +1 copiesDecember 11 20162016-12-11 +1 copiesNight 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.2016-12-12December 11 20162016-12-11 +1 copiesDecember 12 20162016-12-12December 23 20162016-12-23December 11 20162016-12-11 +1 copiesDevotees perform abhishekam on rows of black stone shivalingams on red-brick steps, pouring water through long brass horns held in both hands. Several participants sit close together; a woman in an orange and yellow patterned salwar wears a white tilak on her forehead, a woman in a teal sari wears gold bangles, a man in white clothes and rudraksha mala sits nearby, and a woman in a pink shawl with black trousers pours from a horn at the right. Brass bowls and small offerings rest on the steps and around the lingams.2016-12-19Four devotees sit on red-painted stone steps beside black stone shivalingams on pedestals, with small brass vessels and bowls nearby. On the left a man in white dhoti with a gold border and a rudraksha-style mala presses his palms together in prayer. Next to him a woman in a cream sari with a gold border also joins her palms in prayer. A bare-chested man in white dhoti with a mala bends over a lingam, and at right another bare-chested man in a white dhoti with gold border sits with head bowed. A figure in orange at the upper right sits on a higher step. The scene suggests a ritual abhishekam or puja at the lingams.2016-12-03Night 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.2016-12-06December 06 20162016-12-06December 03 20162016-12-03