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A photograph of a large dark grey stone linga garlanded with a band of marigold and rose flowers in red, pink, yellow, white and green. Behind it a man with long hair, bare-chested, wearing a rudraksha mala and a white cloth over one shoulder, leans over the linga from a raised platform or ladder, hands raised to it. Two younger attendants, one with a white tripundra marking on his forehead, stand beside him. Behind them is an unfinished steel-framed structure and red-painted buildings under an overcast sky. Visible people: three to four. a person identity cannot be confirmed from appearance.

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July 03 20172017-07-03Outdoor ritual photograph of a large grey stone lingam shaped like a dome, encircled at its base by a garland of red, orange, yellow and white flowers. A bare-chested man with long dark hair and a wrapped white cloth stands on a metal scaffold ladder platform behind the lingam, leaning forward with one hand raised. Two young boys in white dhoti-style cloth stand beside him on the platform, one with white tripundra markings on the forehead. Behind them is a partly built steel roof frame and grey block walls, with red-painted buildings below and an overcast sky. The man has a crown-like ornament? No: he wears a rudraksha-style necklace and white upper cloth; the scene suggests a lingam abhishekam or puja being performed.2017-07-03Outdoor photograph of a large smooth grey stone lingam, its top wrapped in a garland of marigolds in yellow, orange, red and white, being ritually bathed. Behind it stands a man with long dark hair, bare-chested with a white cloth and a beaded mala, holding a small vessel and pouring over the stone. Two young boys in white dhotis flank him on a metal platform, and a red-and-white construction frame with concrete block walls rises behind them under a pale sky.2017-07-03July 03 20172017-07-03 +1 copiesJuly 03 20172017-07-03 +1 copiesJuly 03 20172017-07-03 +1 copiesJuly 03 20172017-07-03July 22 20132013-07-22A large dark stone Shivalinga, draped with a garland of red, pink, yellow and green flowers, is being bathed with water. A bare-chested man with long dark hair, rudraksha beads and a white cloth stands on a raised metal platform behind it and pours liquid over the lingam. Two young boys with shaved heads and bare chests stand beside him, and a brass vessel sits on the platform. Behind them is an unfinished red steel-framed building with concrete block walls.2017-07-03July 03 20172017-07-03December 02 20162016-12-02July 22 20132013-07-22