A woman in a rust-red sari and blouse with dark hair in a bun and a dark rudraksha-style bead necklace lights a brass oil lamp beside a grey granite shivalinga shrine with a pillared open canopy. A yellow marigold garland drapes over the shivalinga platform, and green trees and bushes surround the outdoor shrine. - Nithyanandapedia

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A woman in a rust-red sari and blouse with dark hair in a bun and a dark rudraksha-style bead necklace lights a brass oil lamp beside a grey granite shivalinga shrine with a pillared open canopy. A yellow marigold garland drapes over the shivalinga platform, and green trees and bushes surround the outdoor shrine.

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A woman in a rust-red saree with a gold border stands with her back to the camera, hands pressed together in anjali mudra before an outdoor granite shrine. Her neck is adorned with a rudraksha mala and she wears hoop earrings and glasses. Before her, a grey stone Shiva lingam on a yoni peetha is draped with a garland of yellow flowers, with granite pillars and green foliage behind. A small brass oil lamp sits on the stone platform. In the foreground, a black granite plaque carries an engraved oval portrait of an elderly bald man with a tilak, with Tamil inscription beneath. The visible woman is the only physical person; the engraved portrait is not a physical person.

A woman in a dark red sari with a matching red-brown shawl stands at the left, leaning over a small stone shrine, and holds a small oil lamp in her right hand over the Shiva lingam. The lingam is decorated with a garland of yellow marigold flowers and sits on a black stone base within a grey granite pillared canopy. She wears a rudraksha mala and a pendant, and has glasses and a bun. A grey block wall and greenery form the background. Visible text in the corner reads , which is ignored here. The scene is a devotee offering aarti at the lingam

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A woman seen from behind, with short dark hair, small hoop earrings and a beaded necklace, wearing a red blouse with a gold border, holds a silver lamp with a large open flame to a black stone deity murti. The murti wears a yellow dhoti, a yellow head cloth, a red and yellow garland, rudraksha-style beads and silver ornaments. It stands in a silver-framed arched shrine with orange and white draped cloth, outdoors among trees.

Close-up photograph of a dark grey stone linga on a pale base, topped with a pink flower and a small gold cup. In the foreground right, a hand in orange-robed sleeve holds a lit brass oil lamp, with a rudraksha mala bracelet on the wrist and a small gold-framed pendant portrait visible. The background is blurred with more orange cloth and stone forms.

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A woman in a red sari kneels beside a large polished black stone Shivling on a yoni-peetha base inside a white tent. She reaches toward the linga with one hand while holding a small metal bowl in the other. A tall brass oil lamp stands at right beside red roses and a multicoloured garland, and a bright draped cloth hangs behind the linga.

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