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Night photograph of a large crowd seated on tiered red-brown stone steps, with many small oil lamps and candles lit on the steps in front of them. Dozens of people in white, cream, saffron, yellow, pink, and red clothing sit in rows, some with hands folded or lamps before them. Strings of warm lights hang on the wall behind the steps, and a screen at the top right shows a small image. A cross-legged man in the foreground wears a white dhoti and bare chest. The scene suggests a lamp-lighting gathering, but no a person candidate is clearly identifiable.

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December 11 20162016-12-11December 11 20162016-12-11 +1 copiesDecember 11 20162016-12-11 +1 copiesDecember 11 20162016-12-11 +1 copiesDecember 11 20162016-12-11 +1 copiesDecember 08 20162016-12-08 +1 copiesNight outdoor ritual on tiered stone steps lit by string lights along the wall and floodlights. Hundreds of devotees sit in rows with palms pressed together in namaskar. Many men are bare-chested in white dhotis with rudraksha malas, some women wear white saris or a purple sari with a colourful border. Small oil lamps and brass kalashas or lamps with flames sit in front of rows of black stone shivalingam-like forms and offerings on the steps. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance, so no candidate is marked.2016-12-23 +1 copiesDecember 06 20162016-12-06December 12 20162016-12-12December 12 20162016-12-12December 23 20162016-12-23A night photograph of a large crowd seated on tiered red-brown stone steps, with many small oil lamps and lit wicks set before them along the steps. Rows of string lights hang on the wall behind. Most people wear white dhotis or white clothing and sit cross-legged in rows, some in saffron, pink, yellow and blue garments. In the foreground a woman in an orange sari with a long dupatta stands on the lower steps. Scattered oil lamps, flames and ritual vessels suggest a lamp-lit ceremonial gathering or satsang, not a identifiable named ritual. No single person's identity is established from appearance.2016-12-06