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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 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.2021-12-28December 28 20212021-12-28April 12 20132013-04-12July 29 20132013-07-29A woman in a rust-red sari with a gold border sits in a ceremonial setting, holding a small silver oil lamp with a lit flame in her right hand while her left hand rests near a brass tray. She wears a rudraksha mala necklace, gold bangles, thin-framed glasses, a small red bindi and gold earrings. Behind her are an orange and maroon draped curtain and an ornate brass lamp stand. Another woman in similar red clothing with a rudraksha mala sits partially visible at left. The scene suggests a puja or aarti offering.2013-04-12A photograph of a temple ritual at night. A central figure with a tall, voluminous black hair crown and a rudraksha mala, wearing an orange-red garment with a gold-striped border, holds a lit oil lamp (aarti) toward a white-powdered Shivalinga on a black base, decorated with yellow and multicoloured flower garlands. Behind him, another person in orange-red robes with a rudraksha mala holds a bell. On the left, two people in orange-red robes stand with hands folded in anjali. The white-powdered linga is. A stone pillar frames the left side and a golden deity murti is visible on the right. Probable Swamiji (probable): the central figure has a distinctive tall black crown of hair, a rudraksha mala and an orange-red garment, and is performing the aarti.2016-03-07A woman with glasses and a red-brown sari with a gold border holds a lit oil lamp in her right hand while speaking, her left hand raised near it. She wears a rudraksha mala, a small bindi, earrings and gold bangles. Beside her, another person in a similar red sari with a rudraksha mala is partly visible at left, and brass lamp stands and a gold-covered table appear at right, with an orange cloth behind. The scene suggests a ritual or satsang setting.2013-04-12A row of women in saffron-orange robes with yellow borders sits in profile, performing a ritual over black stone lingams. The woman in front has white vertical tilak marks on her forehead and a red bindi, wears beaded rudraksha-style bracelets, and holds a small brass lamp in her outstretched hand. Other women behind her, similarly dressed, hold oil lamps and offering vessels. Black cylindrical lingams with gold-tipped tops line the foreground, with red-tiered stone seating blurred in the background. The scene suggests a Shiva abhishekam or puja in progress.2013-06-08August 12 20162016-08-12Women in saffron-orange sarees with yellow borders and rudraksha malas sit in a row on red stone steps, performing a Rudrabhishekam-style ritual. Each holds a small brass oil lamp or bell-like vessel while seated before rows of black stone shivalinga with pink flower offerings on top. White tilak marks decorate some foreheads, and a pink marker and blurred figures appear in the background.2013-06-08A 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.2021-12-28A photograph of a woman in an orange sari with a maroon border seated outdoors, holding a small silver oil lamp with a lit flame in both hands. She has a white vertical tilak and a red dot on her forehead, a dark rudraksha mala around her neck, and gold bangles on her wrists. Her eyes are lowered in concentration. Silver plates or vessels are visible at the bottom edge of the frame, and a pale wet courtyard floor and a red-and-white wall appear behind her.2010-09-14