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A large black stone Shivalingam on a black yoni-pitha base stands in an open-air amphitheatre with red tiered stone seating. A rainbow-coloured flower garland drapes over the lingam's top. On a metal staircase to the left, several saffron-robed monks in orange clothes stand with white and red flower garlands hanging along the railings. One figure at the top, bare-chested with a shawl and hands pressed in namaste, appears to be leading the group. Orange and yellow marigold strings hang across the background, and trees stand behind the site.

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