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Night photograph of a large outdoor gathering on stepped stone ghats beside a water tank, lit by bright floodlights on poles. Hundreds of seated people in saffron and orange robes fill the tiered steps, with rows of small black lingams or shivalingas placed on the steps. Near the centre, a figure in orange robes sits at the front on a raised seat under a canopy, surrounded by attendants in white. Marigold garlands in orange and yellow line the right-hand railing and the water's edge. Some people in white stand at the upper left. The scene suggests a satsang or ritual assembly; a deity murti and shivalingas are visible.

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