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A photograph of many devotees seated on red stone steps during a ritual at outdoor shivalingam stations. Black stone shivalingams sit on round yoni-pitha bases across the steps, with brass pots and bowls placed beside them. Women in front wear white and cream, a woman in a beige shawl with a red tilak sits near the centre, and a woman in a white head covering offers flowers at a lingam on the right. Behind them, many more people sit in white, orange, pink and green clothing, some wearing rudraksha or beaded necklaces, with flags and trees in the background.

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