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Night photograph at a stepped outdoor ritual site with red-brick tiers lined with rows of small black Shiva lingas and red flags on poles, lit by floodlights. In the foreground, a man in a red-brown robe with a leopard-print garment, orange-beaded necklace and a red turban raises both arms overhead while walking down stone steps toward a pool. Beside him, a man in white dhoti and shawl holds a silver ceremonial umbrella (chhatra) above the path, and a second man in white dhoti stands behind. Black stone lingas and brass bowls sit on the steps at left. Three physical people are visible.

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